Motorcycle gang members jailed for ‘violent assault’
Six men have been jailed for carrying out a targeted attack on two members of a rival motorcycle gang.
Rock Machine Motorcycle Club members Lee Rogers, Robert Greenacre, Kyle Matthews, Darren Rimmer and Ashley Lauterdale attacked a man and woman outside a pub in Market Place, Coleford, Gloucestershire, in April 2025.
The male victim, aged in his 60s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries, including a brain hemorrhage and a broken jaw. The woman was injured but did not require hospital treatment.
The six men were previously sentenced to a total of 27 years and two months in prison at Bristol Crown Court.
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The court was told the attack followed a dispute between two motorcycle groups, ‘The Outlaws’ and ‘The Rock Machine’.
The victims were sitting near the Clock Tower in Coleford on April 5, 2025 when five vehicles arrived and members of The Rock Machine Motorcycle Club attacked them; Some carried weapons such as metal poles, baseball bats and hammers.
Both victims were seriously injured in the attack, and the male victim required hospital treatment.
Judge Richardson said there was a “willingness to confront and engage in violence” and a desire to “ensure the Rock Machine was on top”.
After sentencing, Acting Sergeant Robert Humphreys said: “I am pleased that six men have been jailed after being involved in what can only be described as a calculated and brazenly violent attack.
“I hope this court outcome shows that violence will not be tolerated in Gloucestershire and the police will do all they can to bring criminals to justice.”
Kyle Matthews (left), Darren Rimmer (center) and Billy Timmins (right) [Gloucestershire Constabulary]
Rogers, 38, and Timmins, 27, also from Tipton, and Greenace, 35, from Wokingham, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent and violence.
Matthews, 28, Darren Rimmer, 53, and Lauterdale, 35, from Gloucester, were found guilty by a jury of wounding with intent and violent disorder.
Lauterdale was also found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Timmins was sentenced to four years and three months, Greenacre to three years and four months, and Rogers to five years and 10 months.
Meanwhile, Matthews was sentenced to two years and ten months, Rimmer to four years and five months, and Lauterdale to six years and six months.
Three others, Luke Cole, Joshua Bell and Paul Price, also previously pleaded guilty to violent disorder in connection with the attack; A fourth man, Mark Gibson, was found guilty of violent disorder at an earlier hearing but not guilty of wounding with intent and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
All four are expected to be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court in August.
Another man, Jordan Peers, was found not guilty of violent disorder and encouraging or assisting an offender after a trial and did not face any further police investigation.
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