Racheal Anne Collyer, 35, arrested and charged by police in relation to fatal Murrumba Downs crash

A woman linked to an alleged stolen car fatal crash in Brisbane’s north has appeared in court on a raft of charges including an unrelated drug trafficking offence.

Racheal Anne Collyer, 35, was arrested and charged by police on Sunday on allegations she threatened two women with a replica firearm and tried to rob them. Picture: Supplied/Facebook

 

A woman linked to an alleged stolen car fatal crash in Brisbane’s north has appeared in court on a raft of charges including an unrelated drug trafficking offence.

Racheal Anne Collyer, 35, was arrested and charged by police on Sunday on allegations she threatened two women with a replica firearm and tried to rob them, on the same morning of the fatal crash at Murrumba Downs.

Rosemary Franzidis, 69, was killed on Thursday when police allege a teenager crashed a stolen Audi into her car on November 7, before slamming into an unmarked police car.

The 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged with manslaughter, while others in a stolen Holden Barina, that police allege was involved in multiple attempted robberies leading up to the theft of the Audi, left the scene.

Rosemary Franzidis, 69, died after a crash. Picture: 9 News

One of those people, Ms Collyer, was charged with two counts of attempted robbery whilst in company and armed, and one count each of robbery in company whilst armed and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

She appeared on Wednesday in Caboolture Magistrates Court, via a video link from the Pine Rivers Watchhouse, on those charges along with dozens of other unrelated ones.

The other charges include one count each of trafficking and producing drugs, 18 counts of supplying drugs and 10 counts of breaching bail.

Collyer is also charged with three counts each of possessing dangerous drugs and stealing, two counts each of possessing a knife in public, contravening an order and possessing utensils.

Racheal Anne Collyer, 35, was arrested and charged by police on Sunday.

She is facing single counts of possess property suspected of having been used in connection with commission of a drug offence, buy or possess S4 or S8 medicines or hazardous poisons, possess property suspected of being the proceeds of a drug offence, possess weapon, drive uninsured vehicle, obstruct police, receiving tainted property, unregistered vehicle, evasion and possess suspected stolen property.

Solicitor Farah Haddad, director of SBM Lawyers, appeared for Collyer and sought an adjournment and did not apply for bail.

An unkempt defendant in the public gallery hissed “scummy media” at reporters when Mr Haddad raised the matter of news coverage of the case.

Magistrate Kurt Fowler adjourned the charges laid against Collyer on Sunday to Redcliffe Magistrates Court on January 23.

Collyer was remanded in custody.

Scene of a fatal crash at the intersection of Castle Hill Drive and Dohles Rocks road at Murrumba Downs. Picture: NewsWire / Lachie Millard

Outside court Mr Haddad said his client was not doing well in custody.

Just hours after the crash that killed Mrs Franzidis, Collyer changed her cover photo on Facebook to a photo taken from inside a car driving over a bridge in Brisbane.

“Sending my condolences to those grieving,” she wrote.

The Holden Barina allegedly linked to the teen and others was found by police on Friday and examined by forensic specialists.

Police allege the Barina was stolen from a property at Northgate in Brisbane sometime between November 6 and 7.

It will further be alleged that around 7.45am on Thursday Collyer attempted to steal a vehicle on Endeavour Esplanade at Newport by threatening the female driver with what appeared to be a gun.

Racheal Anne Collyer.

Police allege the female driver was assaulted by the woman before bystanders intervened, and the woman left the scene in the stolen Barina.

A short time later, just after 8am, occupants inside the Barina allegedly threatened another woman with a firearm and tried to steal a handbag, before they were interrupted and left the scene.

About 9.30am, occupants of the Barina arrived at a Dohles Rocks Road address in Griffin, where the 16-year-old boy allegedly exited the vehicle, threatened a woman with a firearm and stole the blue Audi that was later involved in the fatal crash at Murrumba Downs.