Leah Fineran | 10:45am April 11, 2012
A TRIO accused of gunning down Detective Senior Constable Damian Leeding have been granted a final adjournment for six weeks.The police murder case will return to the Southport Magistrates Court on June 6, five days after the one-year anniversary of Det Sen-Constable Leeding's death.
The 35-year-old father of two was shot while responding to an alleged armed robbery at Pacific Pines Tavern on May 29 last year and died in hospital on June 1.
Today in the Southport Magistrates Court police were ready to hand the case up to the Supreme Court.
But lawyers for Phillip Abell, 37, Benjamin Power, 38, and Donna McAvoy, 37, asked for more time to trawl through the 4000+ page police brief of evidence.
The trio are charged with Det Sen-Constable Leeding's murder and other charges including armed robbery.
McAvoy is also charged with a separate armed robbery of the Tallai Country Club.
Magistrate Ron Kilner granted an eighth and final adjournment on the condition the case would progress in June.
He expressed his concern at the length of time it was taking to bring the case to trial.
"It's like a never ending piece of string, there's no end to it," he said.
Legal Aid barrister Clare Boothman indicated she would call for a selection of the 150 police witnesses to be cross-examined at the next court date.
"It's like a never ending piece of string, there's no end to it," he said.
Legal Aid barrister Clare Boothman indicated she would call for a selection of the 150 police witnesses to be cross-examined at the next court date.
From: Gold Coast News
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