Advertisement

Robert Leonard Thomas, fugitive Hells Angel surrenders to police

A fugitive accused killer and full-patch Hells Angel has turned himself in to police.

Robert Leonard Thomas, 46, surrendered about 3 a.m. this morning.

He and six others have been charged with second-degree murder in the vicious beating death June 12 of Kelowna dad Dain Phillips.

The other six suspects, including full-patch Hells Angel Norm Cocks and his father Robert, were picked up Saturday and Sunday.

Phillips, who was a married father of three, tried to intervene peacefully in a dispute two of his sons were having with a pair of brothers with whom they had attended Rutland secondary.

But when Phillips drove to a meeting place on McCurdy Road just before 7 p.m. June 12, he was attacked by a group of men who had arrived in two separate vehicles. He died later in hospital.

CSFEU Supt. Pat Fogarty said Phillips was simply trying to do the right thing and resolve the problem when he was savagely attacked.

Sponsored content

AdChoices