Martin Andersen was part of the rocker community for 12 years and ended up as president of the Bandidos department in Næstved. He has left the criminal environment and is struggling to live a normal life.

It is so cynical an environment and I was one of the worst.

32-year-old Martin Andersen sits in his apartment on the outskirts of Roskilde and looks back on a life as a hard-boiled rocker. Robberies, burglaries, drug trafficking, serious violence, extortion and conflicts with other groups were a common part of everyday life for the now-former rocker.

Martin Andersen left the rocker community in 2013 and has been in the Police Exit program for three years.

When he reached the top, he was president of the Bandidos department in Næstved. In 2013, the rocker war raged in Næstved, where city streets were shot and several times the bullets flew into the living rooms of quite innocent people.

Martin Andersen does not know his biological father, and grew up with a mother who was unfortunately unlucky in the choice of her men.

As a seven-year-old, Martin Andersen’s stepfather commits suicide with a hunting rifle while Martin is present.

Martin fortæller om den derpå følgende stedfar, at denne virkelig var en »viscious bastard«. F. eks. tog »T« den da ni-årige Martin i et fast greb i halsen, løftede ham op imod væggen, og borede Martin i maven med en boremaskine, mens han grinte. Heller ikke Martin Andersens mor gik fri fra de voldelige overgreb.

En anden gang jagtede »T« den da 10-årige Martin Andersen rundt i stuen med en kniv og råbte »Jeg slår dig kraftedeme ihjel«, mens hans mor prøvede at stoppe det. Optrinnet var resultatet af, at klasselæreren havde beklaget sig over Martin Andersen til »T«.

Det var drømmen om at blive far, der fik Martin Andersen til at gå ind i exit-programmet.

– Jeg ville være far. Familie gør dig blød og jeg var ikke længere risikovillig på samme måde. Jeg ville bare hjem til min datter, forklarer han.

One question Martin Andersen to this day asks himself is: “How much good must you do to compensate for all the bad things you have done?”