Police, ambos called to Capalaba pre-poll after chair ‘incident’ involving Laming’s mum
Tensions were at breaking point at a Redland polling booth this morning after the elderly mother of a mayoral candidate fell off a chair, which she says was allegedly pushed.
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Police and ambulance services were called to a bayside pre-polling booth this afternoon after the elderly mother of a Redland City Council mayoral candidate fell, after a chair she had been sitting in was allegedly pushed.
Paramedics were called to the Capalaba pre-polling booth to tend to Estelle Laming, 84, who is the mother of mayoral candidate Andrew Laming.
Mrs Laming declined to be taken to hospital and remained at the centre.
Police also attended and have requested Redland City Council hand over CCTV camera footage from the front of the Capalaba centre.
Police interviewed others with Mrs Laming claiming she had been pushed off a chair outside the front of the booth.
No charges have been laid and police said investigations were continuing.
“Officers are reviewing CCTV of the venue to establish the circumstances of the incident at the time,” police said in a statement.
Police interviewed a number of people including candidate and former Redland City Councillor Murray Elliott.
Mr Elliott said he was standing near Mrs Laming’s chair when the incident was alleged to have occurred and had spoken to the security guard who was on patrol at the time.
He denied touching Mrs Laming or causing the fall.
The Capalaba centre was at the forefront of this week’s Electoral Commission Queensland decision to place extra staff and security guards at all three pre-polling sites in Redland, ahead of tomorrow’s council election.
Mr Laming, who is defending the injunction in the Supreme Court and was representing himself this morning in Brisbane, was contacted for comment.
The Supreme Court action was brought by Mr Laming’s mayoral opponent Jos Mitchell, who wants him to remove signs which say: “Jos=Green$”.
Ms Mitchell wants Mr Laming to remove the signs and any mention of them on Mr Laming’s Facebook page.
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