Aust witness sought in Thai bikie murder

An arrest warrant has been issued for an Australian man called as a defence witness following the murder of an Australian bikie gang leader in Thailand.


Douglas Shubridge has been called by the lawyers of 26 year old Antonio Bagnato, accused of murdering Hells Angels member, Wayne Rodney Schneider.


Schneider, 37, was abducted on November 30 from his rented villa in Pattaya, 150 kilometres southeast of Bangkok in an alleged dispute over money linked to drug trafficking.


Two days later his body was recovered by investigators from a shallow sandy grave in Chonburi province about 30 kilometres from his residence.


Bagnato and 21-year-old American Tyler Joseph Fulton Sheen have been charged with Schneider's killing, with the American arrested at a border crossing into Cambodia. Bagnato was arrested in a Phnom Penh hotel and extradited to Thailand.

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