The 'filthy messages' that led to 'Outlaw' biker being stabbed by love rival

A thug who was accosted by a motorcycle gang member over "filthy messages" sent to the biker's girlfriend stabbed his love rival in the stomach. A court heard how David Tonks was left needing treatment in intensive care after Colin Agnew lashed out at him.

Furious Mr Tonks had questioned Agnew on his doorstep about the messages sent to his partner, Gillian Lloyd. The court heard Mr Tonks got Agnew's address from a man in the pub, known as 'Piston Pete'.

Agnew then stabbed him,. forcing Mr Tonks to have part of his bowel removed, the Liverpool Echo reports. At Liverpool Crown Court, the messages at the centre of the storm were read out.

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Mr Tonks was said to be a "probationary member" of biker gang "the Outlaws". The court heard his partner, Ms Lloyd, had gone for a walk on the beach in New Brighton, Wirral, on the afternoon of January 15 2022.

Afterwards, while sitting in their car eating chips, she disclosed that Agnew, of Wakefield Drive in Leasowe, had been "persistently" messaging her, having met him on a dating website several years previously. Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, described how the 61-year-old had asked Ms Lloyd to go for a coffee via Instagram the previous day.

But she replied: "My boyfriend is a probate Outlaw MC, don't wanna anger him. I'll let you know." Agnew subsequently responded: "No problem. It's a reasonable question to ask.

"The reason I ask is simple. I don't double date. I am a one woman man and I respect others and their views on any subject, reasonably and without prejudice. So friendship is first, and I know I can be friends with a woman.

"Trouble with that is if I get a girlfriend, they can be a