APPEALS launched by five men jailed for the murder of Mottingham Hell's Angel Gerry Tobin have been refused.

The entire South Warwickshire chapter of the Outlaws was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court in November 2008 after being convicted of shooting Mr Tobin as he rode along the M40 in August 2007.

Two shots were fired at the 35-year-old biker from two different handguns as he returned home from the Hell's Angel Bulldog Bash festival in Warwickshire.

One of the bullets skimmed the base of Mr Tobin's helmet, lodging in his skull and killing him instantly.

Simon Turner, aged 41, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, who was given a minimum term of 30 years for murder and two firearms offences, was appealing his conviction.

Coventry man Karl Garside, aged 45, who received 26 years for murder, was also appealing his conviction as was Ian Cameron, aged 46, also from Coventry, who received a minimum of 25 years for the same charge.

Sean Creighton, aged 44, from Coventry, was appealing against his sentence of a minimum of 28 years and six months in prison for murder and two firearms charges.

Dean Taylor, aged 47, from Coventry, who is serving at least 30 years in prison for murder and possessing a shotgun, was appealing against both his sentence and conviction.

The men appeared in the Court of Appeal on Friday.

Two other members sentenced were Dane Garside, aged 42, from Coventry, who received a minimum 27 years for murder and two firearms offences and Malcolm Bull, aged 53, from Milton Keynes, who was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison for murder and possessing a shotgun.