Coast ‘Spider-Man’ gets probation for drug sale

THE man formerly dubbed the Gold Coast “Spider-Man” was caught dealing Xanax when police were investigating the death of his best friend.

Scott Duncan Davis-Ingram sold the prescription drug to a man who then sold it to Davis-Ingram’s best mate, Sam Leschke, Southport Magistrates court heard yesterday.

Mr Leschke, 21, died of a brain injury on March 17 last year after he was discovered in his Mudgeeraba backyard.

While investigating Mr Leschke’s death, police seized a phone containing text messages revealing Davis-Ingram was organising to sell drugs to Jayden Ashley Goodall.

CCTV captured the drug sale in a Mudgeeraba service station carpark in the early hours of March 17 last year.

Davis-Ingram, 26, pleaded guilty to supplying dangerous drugs. The 26-year-old previously made headlines for scaling buildings to take dangerous selfies, earning the “Spider-Man” nickname.

Defence lawyer Campbell MacCallum said Davis-Ingram was prescribed Alprazolam, also known as Xanax, a type of anxiety medication.

Mr MacCallum said the drug was found to have no link to Mr Leschke’s death.

He said Davis-Ingram “gave in” to the buyer, who had pestered him for the drug through repeated phone calls.

Davis-Ingram was sentenced to two years of probation and required to undergo therapeutic intervention to address substance abuse.