Ex-cop had long ties to biker gangs

Michael Sandham testifies he was a bystander and a peacemaker when eight Toronto bikers were killed

When ex-cop Michael Sandham was supposed to be serving and protecting, he was hanging out at a biker clubhouse.

His boss, the police chief in East St. Paul, Man., thought his constable, now one of six men on trial for eight counts of first-degree murder, was at a relative's funeral in Vancouver when he was at an Outlaw motorcycle club member's funeral in Sault Ste. Marie.

Sandham has insisted he was a peacemaker and bystander when the eight Toronto-area Bandidos were shot to death in Elgin County on April 8, 2006.

The revelations about his involvement with the Outlaws came out during cross-examination by assistant Crown attorney Tim Zuber.

Sandham has testified he joined the Bandidos to infiltrate them and eventually become a police agent.

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