Gold Coast courts and crime: Izabella Grace Cohen-Rogers, Max Beever, Benjamin Joseph Haylock, Jennifer Cruz Cole, Nathan Simpson

From allegations of bikie brawls to dodgy deals to workplace theft, it’s been another big week in court and crime on the Gold Coast. WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED >>>

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IT’S been a big week on the Gold Coast – catch up with the complete wrap of all your court and crime news.

COPS CHASE FORENSIC EVIDENCE IN ALLEGED BRUTAL MURDER

POLICE have requested more time to gather forensic evidence against an elderly man accused of murdering his wife in their Varsity Lakes home in February.

Maxwell Beever, 82, had his matter mentioned briefly in the Southport Domestic and Family Violence Court on Friday morning.

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EXPOSED: TWISTED CRIMES OF COAST EMPLOYEES

THEY were supposed to be the backbone of a business … instead these fraudsters swindled up to hundreds of thousands of dollars from their employers.

From the Strip Club bookkeeper who paid herself nearly $1 million, to a theme park staff member with sticky fingers, here are some dishonest Coast employees.

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COAST CRANE OPERATOR CAUGHT UP IN ‘CRIME OF THE CENTURY’

A CRANE operator who allegedly trafficking drugs and firearms as a part of alleged Brisbane crime syndicate has been charged through the Australian Federal Police’s “sting of the century” crackdown.

Benjamin Joseph Haylock, 42, of Mermaid Waters, faces charges of trafficking in dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), unlawful trafficking in weapons, possessing property suspected of being the proceeds of a drug offence, possessing dangerous drugs and contravening an order necessary to access information stored electronically.

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NO CONVICTION FOR COAST WOMAN CAUGHT IN TAVERN ATTACK

A WOMAN who was a part of a group which attacked a father and son on a Gold Coast street has walked from court.

Izabella Grace Cohen-Rogers pleaded guilty in the Southport District Court on Thursday to assault occasioning bodily harm and affray.

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Gold Coast’s week of courts and crime.

ULTRA-TUNE BOSS’S FEAR ABOUT EX’S RECORDINGS

THE ex-girlfriend of Ultra Tune boss Sean Buckley secreted recorded information that is of “significant confidentiality” before their break up, his lawyer has told a court.

Bikini model Jennifer Cruz Cole is locked in a court fight with ex-partner and car repair magnate Mr Buckley over recordings that allegedly portray her being attacked by him.

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MOMENT COAST DRIVER SMASHES THROUGH COAST TAVERN

A DRIVER was four times the legal limit when he reversed his girlfriend’s car through the front doors of a Gold Coast pub.

It was the seventh time Nathan Simpson had been caught driving without a licence.

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COURT TOLD OF TERRIFYING BIKIE BRAWL AT COAST SHOPS

AN alleged Mongols bikie gang leader accused of using a cafe chair and umbrella in a brawl with a rival motorcycle gang in a Gold Coast shopping centre has been granted bail.

Police allege the brawl between Tyrone Wilton Norman Poole and three members of the Finks raged through Australia Fair Shopping Centre about 4.30pm on Monday.

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INQUEST OVER TIA SEX ABUSE SUGGESTION

TIAHLEIGH Palmer was likely strangled or suffocated to death by her “remorseless” foster father Rick Thorburn, who may have also sexually abused the girl before she died, a coroner has heard.

The submissions came on the final day of an inquest into the death of 12-year-old Tiahleigh.

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‘SMOKE AND CHEERING’: CANDYMAN 2.0’S CONTROVERSIAL STUNT

THE man known as Candyman 2.0 claims he was “encouraged by hundreds of cheering people” when he did a burnout in a public car park at a Gold Coast car show.

Troy Kenneth Williams, who styles himself on Instagram as Troy Candy, was fined $2000 for the burnout when he faced Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

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