Shane Ross and Cameron Martin: Grieving father Les Ross fears his ex-bikie son will be ‘wiped off the map’
The father of an ex-bikie is worried his son and his mate will be “wiped off the map” and forgotten with investigations into police handling of the double murder ongoing one year on.
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The father of an ex-bikie is worried his son and his mate will be “wiped off the map” and forgotten with investigations into police handling of the double murder ongoing one year on.
Former Comanchero bikie Shane Ross and his Monstr Clothing business partner Cameron Martin were both shot dead in Tallebudgera on October 18, 2019.
Three men accused of their death – Brodie Singh, Nathan Miller and Garry Brush – all had murder charges against them dropped in the Southport Magistrates Court early last year after a magistrate ruled there was not enough evidence to proceed.
An outraged Justice Peter Davis on April 8 last year – about a week after the charges were dismissed – referred the subsequent police conduct during legal proceedings to the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC), Queensland Police Ethical Standards Command (ESC) and Police Minister Mark Ryan.
Almost 12 months after the bodies were requested to investigate, their inquiries remain ongoing.
The lack of movement on the case has left Mr Ross’ father, Les Ross, feeling “terrible”.
“I lost so much faith in the justice system,” he said on Thursday.
“It’s just like they have been wiped off the map and no one cares about them any more.
“It’s tearing my family apart.”
Mr Ross said his family rarely heard any updates on the case.
“It’s just like they weren’t even here,” he said.
“I am just worried it’s going to be like a cold case.
“Where is my justice?”
Mr Ross said his greatest fear was his son and his best mate Mr Martin would be forgotten and the case would not be solved.
Almost a year after the referral to investigate the police handling of the matter the CCC has declined to comment after the Bulletin asked if the investigation had been completed.
A Queensland Police spokesman said: “The QPS investigation is also currently being reviewed by the Ethical Standards Command.”
They also confirmed the investigations into Mr Ross and Mr Martin’s murder were still ongoing.
The spokesman said as investigations were underway police were unable to comment further.
Police Minister Mark Ryan said he expected the “highest standard to be met and maintained” by police.
“Any allegation of police misconduct or a breach of discipline received by my office is taken seriously and is referred to the appropriate authority for investigation,” he said.
“In relation to this matter, that is exactly what happened.
“I am advised the matter is still under investigation.”
In April last year Justice Davis said in the Supreme Court in Brisbane that parts of the evidence sworn by Gold Coast Detective Senior Constable Julian Libbis in April 2020 “just does not exist”.
“Here, Singh has been in custody for almost two years after making a bail application which was defeated on assertions put before the court which were plainly objectively false,” Justice Davis said in his judgment.
“That is an outrage and the circumstances of the present case ought to be investigated.”
Originally published as Shane Ross and Cameron Martin: Grieving father Les Ross fears his ex-bikie son will be ‘wiped off the map’
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