‘You’re going to die now’

A MAN involved in a shootout with police in a Gold Coast underground carpark allegedly told an injured female police constable “you’re going to die now”.

Daniel Luke White-Mayne yesterday pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of officer Diana Squires who police allege he shot at with a revolver in January, 2017.

White-Mayne (pictured) was shot by police three times during the incident and suffered bullet wounds to his thigh, foot and scrotum.

Prosecutor Judith Geary told the Brisbane Supreme Court that Const Squires and her partner Const Simon Pickering were responding to a call about a vehicle in the carpark of the Solaire Apartments when they encountered White-Mayne.

Ms Geary said during the trial officers would give evidence they saw White-Mayne immediately change direction and walk out of sight when he saw the police and that he was no longer carrying a black bag they had seen him with when he emerged moments later.

“As they walked, Const Pickering was looking for the bag and he located it in one of the laundry bins,” Ms Geary said.

In body camera footage played to the court, WhiteMayne lunges for the bag when the constable warns he’s under arrest for possessing property suspected of being stolen, pulling out a handgun and waving it at police.

In the video, the police can heard yelling at him to listen and he tells them “get the f*** off me, I’ll shoot, I’ll shoot”.

Ms Geary said Const Pickering would give evidence he saw White-Mayne point the weapon at his partner and that he heard several gunshots.

The prosecutor said Const Squires would tell the court she fired a number of rounds at White-Mayne and moments later she noticed him “in a crouching position” with “his gun pointed at her”

“She turned and started to run (and) she took a few steps and she heard a shot,” Ms Geary said.

“She felt a sharp pain in her leg and felt like she’d been shot in the thigh … she took a few more steps and then felt a sharp pain in her lower back … at that point she thought she’d been shot in the lower back.

“She’s heard the defendant threatening her in a menacing tone of voice saying something like, ‘you’re going to die now’,”.

Ms Geary told the jury they would need to consider what White-Mayne’s intention were when he fired the gun and whether he had intended to kill the police officer.