A MILE-long procession of motorcycles swept through London in honour of Mottingham Hell's Angel, Gerry Tobin.

The spectacular cortege snaked across the capital for the mechanic’s funeral service in Richmond on Saturday.

Heavy metal music played out to crowds at Mortlake Crematorium and speeches from his loved-ones were broadcast by speakers.

Mr Tobin, 35, was shot in the back of the head and killed on the M40 motorway in Warwickshire last month as he returned from the Bulldog Bash bikers’ festival.

He was in convoy with two Polish friends on his Harley-Davidson Night Train on August 12. A second shot hit his bike, which travelled several hundred yards after he fell.

Mr Tobin and fiancee Rebecca Smith lived in Mottingham Road and worked together at Warr’s Harley-Davidson shop a few steps away.

After his death, Miss Smith thanked him for giving her the best five years of her life.

She said: "A hole that can never be filled has been left in the lives and hearts of so many. Gerry was my life."

Mr Tobin was described by detectives as a "hard-working, friendly but private person who would put himself out to help others".

An estimated 3,000 bikers started the 13-mile funeral procession at noon, from the London Hells Angel clubhouse in Dawson Street, east London.

Police closed roads to make way for them along the route down Victoria Embankment, Westminster Bridge, Putney Bridge and the Hammersmith flyover.

* Four men have been charged in connection with Mr Tobin's death.

Simon Turner, 40, from Nuneaton, Dane Garside, 41, and Sean Creighton, 43, both from Coventry, have all been charged with murder and possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

Dean Taylor, 45, from Coventry, has been charged with a firearms offence in connection with Mr Tobin's death.

They were all remanded in custody at Birmingham Crown Court last month and are due to enter pleas on November 26.