Dad Joins Biker Gang When Daughter Starts Dating The Leader, Loses Himself In The Process
NY Post- A father has told of the extraordinary steps he took to protect his daughter from a gang member — by joining the gang himself.
Stephen Pattman was living an ordinary life in suburbia when he learned that his daughter Chloe, who was then 19 years old, had begun a relationship with ACT Rebels president Ali Bilal.
Pattman tried to get Chloe to leave Bilal for two years before he, along with his son Chris, joined the gang themselves.
“I could either do nothing and just watch her end up where — how creative can your mind be — where does she end up?”
Or he could join them “and get this man close and that’s exactly what I did.”
Pattman and his son managed to last three years until gang life became too much. The father and son quit the gang, but their departure didn’t go as smoothly as they would have liked.
He said he asked on more than one occasion for his family to be left alone — until one day he could take it no more.
He and Chris were standing on the side of a street in Canberra, an inland city in northern Australia, when they were confronted by a gang member in a car. Pattman was handed a gun by his son, and he fired it into the car.
Court documents seen by “A Current Affair” said the bullet went through the driver’s headrest and out the rear passenger window.
The man in the car suffered bleeding to his ear and temporary hearing damage.
After the shooting, Pattman and his son fled to a national park, where they lived in a campsite for a year. He has pleaded guilty to an act of endangering life and unauthorized use of a prohibited firearm and is awaiting sentencing.
Despite the possibility of jail, he didn’t regret joining the gang. He’d spoken to Chloe, who told him Bilal was no longer in the gang scene.
“He claims he is out of that lifestyle now, and I hope he is true to his word because I do and did fear for my daughter’s life being around that scene.”
What a ridiculous story. I’m calling complete and utter bullshit right from the start. Steve Pattman finds out his 19-year-old daughter, Chloe, is dating the leader of a biker gang–Bilal. Steve and his son join the gang to get close to “protect” Chloe. They’re in the gang for 3 years(!) before things get too rough, at which point both dad and son take off their helmets and head back to ordinary life. But the gang won’t leave them alone and one day, a guy drives up to them and Steve shoots his ear off.
THEN, Steve and his completely noodle-brained son, who apparently can’t make any of his own decisions, flee to a national park and camp out for a year? Only to learn that Chloe’s boyfriend Bilal had left the gang himself? Now Chloe and Bilal are still together and Steve is happy?
Dude. Not on your life. First off, Bilal sounds like a decent guy because anyone named Bilal is wonderful. This biker gang is probably one of those “save the children” gangs that delivers used books to local libraries and carries cupcakes to bake sales in their saddlebags. Steve should BE SO LUCKY that Bilal chose to date his upstart daddy-issues daughter.
Next, it doesn’t take 3 years to infiltrate a biker gang. It’s like that saying from The Hot Chick: if you shake it more than twice, you’re playing with it. If you’re in a biker gang for more than 2 years, you’re no longer trying to save you’re daughter. This isn’t 24, Steve. You’re not Jack Bauer; you’re a selfish motorcycle addict who lost his way and flipped out when one of the gang showed up in a vehicle with 4 wheels and a roof. “No roofs allowed!” was some stupid rule you tried to implement that never caught on. You proposed it at every single meeting and everyone just looked around awkwardly because it was the dumbest proposal since Jared suggested switching to pleather jackets as a countermeasure to rising gas prices.
Meanwhile, Bilal has left the gang and started his own autorepair company. They just opened their 4th shop and he’s making legitimate money while Steve and son are hiding at Yosemite like a couple bad news bears. Hey Steve, maybe just have a conversation next time? Sit Bilal down over a beer and tell him you’re concerned about his intentions for your daughter? Seems a lot easier than scripting your life like a season of Sons of Anarchy.