Lawyer’s drugs behind shooting
A MAN accused of opening fire on Gold Coast police in January confronted them because he did not want his former criminal lawyer girlfriend to be discovered upstairs with drugs, police allege in court documents.
One-time solicitor Briana Ioannides was granted bail in the Brisbane Supreme Court late last month on a raft of charges, including producing, supplying and possessing dangerous drugs.
In documents lodged with the court, detectives claim they began their latest investigation into the 28-year-old, after her facto partner Daniel WhiteMayne was involved in a shooting at Surfers Paradise on January 22.
“During the incident police were confronted by... WhiteMayne who was armed with a firearm,” the affidavit states.
“Police investigations reveal White-Mayne confronted police as he did not want them to locate Ioannides in possession of dangerous drugs in a unit within the building.”
He was arrested on an attempted murder charge, and police allege the couple spoke about their drug trafficking business during recorded jail phone conversations, with White-Mayne advising Ioannides to collect money for debts.
The documents also claim Ioannides was being watched by police – and on bail for serious drug offences – when she allegedly supplied drugs to a man at a Gold Coast McDonald’s on February 9.