The partner of a senior Mongol bikie has been granted bail while awaiting court on charges including trying to intimidate a witness in an armed robbery case.
Renee Sue Comeadow, 26, was taken into custody on May 26 after police raided the Seabrook home she shared with Shane Middleton, believed to be the Mongols sergeant-at-arms.
Comeadow was charged with attempting to pervert the court of justice and committing an indictable offence while on bail.
Supreme Court Justice Phillip Priest last week said that at the time she was charged, Comeadow was on bail for numerous charges including drug trafficking and firearms offences.
In November, Comeadow had driven Middleton, who had a gunshot wound to the leg, to Sunshine Hospital.
Police subsequently searched their car and allegedly found two packages of ecstasy each labelled as containing 1000 pills, a pistol grip and ammunition.
“A search of their home found a further package labelled as containing 1000 ecstasy pills, a revolver, ammunition, firearm manufacturing equipment, prohibited weapons, a stolen caravan and a stolen motorcycle,” Justice Priest said.
He said the charge against Comeadow of perverting the course of justice related to trying to intimidate the victim of an armed robbery allegedly committed by Middleton.
Comeadow applied for bail submitting that she desired to return to the couple’s two-year-old daughter.
She also submitted she was enrolled in a double diploma in youth service and community work and would incur extra fees if she could not complete the course by August 5.
Justice Priest said at the forefront of Comeadow’s bail application was that there was a significant delay before the charges could go before court, with a contested committal expected early next year.
“… In circumstances where the applicant is separated from her child – the child’s father also being custody – the delay takes on a different complexion,” he said.
He granted bail with conditions including that Comeadow live with her mother, not leave the residence from 11pm to 6am and report to Williamstown police station three times a week.
