Cop sure partner was shot in fight

A GOLD Coast police officer has told a court he “100 per cent” thought his partner had been shot or killed during a dramatic shootout in a Surfers Paradise carpark.

Daniel White Mayne is charged with one count of attempted murder and two counts of seriously assaulting a police officer while armed with a weapon, among other charges, in relation to the incident in the underground carpark of the Solaire building in January last year.

Constable Simeon Pickering and Constable Diana Squires responded to reports of a suspicious vehicle when White Mayne came out of an lift with a black bag which he then dropped in a bin.

Footage captured by Constable Pickering with a bodyworn police camera as the pair tried to arrest White Mayne was played during his committal hearing at the Southport Magistrates Court yesterday.

The footage showed White Mayne reaching back into the bin where he had hidden the bag and pulling out a revolver.

“Get the f*** off, I’ll shoot, I’ll shoot,” can be heard in the footage before Constable Pickering runs towards a fire escape.

Constable Pickering is then seen calling for urgent back up on his radio after hearing shots fired and a woman scream.

Seconds later White Mayne walks through the door to the fire escape and Constable Pick- ering fires a number of times.

During the exchange White Mayne was shot three times, with one bullet striking his scrotum.

Constable Pickering told the court he “100 per cent” thought his partner had been shot or killed. However she did not suffer any gunshot wounds in the incident.

The court was told Constable Squires and White Mayne had faced each other outside the stairwell before shots were fired.

The court was told Constable Squires opened fire on White Mayne until her weapon jammed.

Constable Squires ran for cover but fell to the ground paralysed, thinking she had been shot in the back and the leg before she attempted to crawl away.

During cross examination of the officers defence barrister Angus Edwards, instructed by Dib and Associates Lawyers, told the court the two constables had made official statements on March 23, about two months after the shooting.

The court also heard from police ballistics expert Bevan Manktelow, who submitted a 98-page report on his investigations of the scene, as well as police investigator Andrew Webber.

Magistrate Don MacKenzie committed the matter to the Brisbane Supreme Court.

White Mayne’s other matters were adjourned to August 9 in the Southport Magistrates Court.