Peter ‘Skitzo’ Hewat was one of Australia Hells Angels’ longest-serving and most notorious members. Mystery surrounded his sudden split from the Sydney chapter in January, 2025. Answers came in March after cops pounced. Weapons, drugs, tobacco and cash were seized and nine bikers and associates busted after police landed hard on the Hells Angels bikie gang. Cops were tipped off, and they said the heinous HA bikers were “driven by greed and profit”. Top two names were former Hells Angels strongman Peter ‘Skitzo’ Hewat and his son.
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Beau Peter Hewat, 34, walked free after a booze heist in 2023. He was sentenced to time served. |
The bikie’s son Beau pleaded guilty in the $200k booze heist. The younger Hewat was a debt collector for the club. He and others hijacked a truck containing Jack Daniels whiskey in a brazen robbery. A psychiatrist told the court Beau Hewat’s offending was driven “primarily” by his meth use and problematic relationship with his father. The son of notorious Hells Angels bikie Peter ‘Skitzo’ Hewat didn’t fall far from the tree.
The elder Hewat’s record is a long one. He was sentenced to 12 months’ prison after he pleaded guilty to dealing in $250k worth of stolen truck parts. The court noted the HAMC sergeant-at-arms had been committing crimes for more than 40 years. One of his more infamous convictions was for assaulting a kind-hearted grandmother who had taken in Hewat’s lost shih-tzu terrier.
The woman had put out posters of the dog after she found it near Hewat’s Craigieburn home in 2013. When Hewat claimed ownership, she demanded proof before she handed the dog over. Hewat forced his way through her front door and punched her when she blocked his way. In September 2015 a former employee of Hewat falsely confessed to stealing a truck because he was afraid of the Hells Angels boss. He claimed to owe $10k to Hewat and was terrified he would be killed if he didn’t make the false confession.
The bikie made headlines in 2014 when he was busted in Melbourne. He was found in a car with a baseball bat and erectile dysfunction medication.
