Bikie brawl plays out on camera
NEVER-BEFORESEENpictures have captured a horrifying shopping centre brawl that was allegedly sparked by a bikie turf war and ended with a brazen daylight shooting.
The shocking images reveal a blow-by-blow account of how police say the fight, in which a machete-wielding alleged bikie was shot, played out, spilling from the food court to the Logan Hyperdome car park in February.
The brawl was allegedly triggered by a turf war between the Logan chapter of the Rebels, who allegedly have been dealing drugs and extorting people, and the Beenleigh chapter of the Bandidos.
Details of the police case were heard in the Supreme Court this week when Calamvale man, and alleged Logan chapter president of the Rebels bikie gang, Joshua John Lucey, 32, made his successful bail bid on charges of grievous bodily harm with outlaw gang members, affray and consorting with bikies. Heavily tattooed Lucey, who works in a florist shop, faces the possibility of a life sentence if convicted.
He is alleged to have “directed” the attack by a group of up to 10 alleged Rebels gang members, on Harley Cranston, an alleged member of the Beenleigh chapter of the Bandidos.
Tensions between the gangs had been simmering since last year and erupted at the shopping centre on February 4, court documents show.
The Rebels members were allegedly “laying in wait” around popular fast food restaurants. They were waiting for a sign, allegedly from club president Lucey, to pounce on Cranston at 4.30pm after a “business meeting” between the rivals.
The shooting of Cranston, in his left leg above the knee, allegedly by Lucey’s sergeant-at-arms Lucas James Pain, 30, and Cranston’s attempts to “flee” a mob of alleged bikies who police claim stalked him down a long corridor of the bowling alley, were captured on a network of closed-circuit television cameras, the court heard.
Images allegedly show the cat-and-mouse game where Cranston was allegedly outnumbered and chased by Rebels bikies as he walked backwards down a long hallway. It ends with Pain allegedly shooting Cranston in the car park near electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi.
Pain is alleged to have fired the shot while sitting at the wheel of a Toyota Aurion sedan. It came just seconds after Pain allegedly tried to mow down Cranston with the car in the busy car park.
Cranston allegedly went into hiding and only surrendered to Logan hospital two days later. He has been charged with affray and refused to speak to police, the court heard.
At least seven alleged Rebels have also been charged over the brawl.