Shane Ross, Cameron Martin committal hearing, day six: Court hears of plan to sell kilos of drugs
Ex-bikie Shane Ross had planned a meeting to sell five kilograms of methamphetamine the day before he was reported missing, a court has been told.
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Ex-Comanchero bikie Shane Ross had planned a meeting to sell five kilograms of methamphetamine (ice) the day before he was reported missing, a court has been told.
Friend Joshua Munn told the Southport Magistrates Court on Thursday that Mr Ross said he was going to meet the buyer on Friday, October 18, 2019.
That was the last day Mr Ross was seen alive.
Mr Ross’s Monstr Clothing business partner Cameron Martin was found dead in his car that night.
Mr Ross was found three days later in nearby bushland on the corner of the Pacific Highway and Tallebudgera Creek Rd.
Alleged Lone Wolf bikies Brodie Singh, Nathan Miller and Garry Brush are into the second week of a committal hearing into Mr Ross and Mr Martin’s deaths.
It is alleged the murders of Mr Ross and Mr Martin were “undertaken and planned” by Singh, Miller and Brush “over a period of time”.
On Thursday morning, Crown prosecutor Stephanie Gallagher applied to have Mr Munn give evidence via video link from a separate room in order to prevent intimidation and ensure Mr Munn was not distracted.
Lawyers for Brush, Miller and Singh all objected.
Magistrate John McInnes ordered a screen be placed in front of the three defendants to prevent Mr Munn from seeing them from the witness stand.
Mr Munn told the court Mr Ross’s drug deal in October 2019 was supposed to be the first of a regular weekly deal. He did not know who was buying the drugs.
“I don’t know when (Mr Ross) got the 5kg of drugs,” Mr Munn said.
He said Mr Ross told him the drugs had come from eastern Sydney.
Mr Munn said that after Mr Ross’ death he discovered the ex-bikie owed people “millions”.
“From what I was told it was pretty much every single bikie club in Queensland,” he said.
Upon questioning by Singh’s barrister Saul Holt, instructed by Dib & Associates, Mr Munn said Mr Ross had got him into a $50,000 drug debt with people in Sydney.
The court was told Mr Munn told police that Mr Ross and one of the men accused of his murder – Garry Brush – were planning to do “rip-offs”.
Mr Holt asked: “And rip-offs were ripping people off in relation to drugs?”
Mr Munn replied: “Yes.”
Mr Munn told the court that at the time of his death Mr Ross owed him about $75,000.
He said about $50,000 related to his death and about $15,000 related to a tombstone Mr Munn had made for Mr Ross’ mother.
Mr Munn told the court Mr Ross was concerned because Brush had previously tried to meet him at JFK Woodfire Kitchen and Bar – a restaurant not far from where Mr Ross and Mr Martin were found dead.
Mr Munn said Mr Ross felt concerned and that Brush had been “hammering” him to meet up.
He told the court Mr Ross said to him: “It feels like a set up, what do you think?”
Mr Munn also claimed he was to meet Mr Ross the night of his disappearance for Mr Ross to pick up cash for drugs.
He originally told police it was for money for a tombstone.
Mr Munn told the court he showed text messages from the plans to meet up to Mr Ross’s wife.
Earlier in the committal Mrs Ross told the court Mr Munn claimed the text messages were deleted before she could see them.
Mr Munn told the court Mr Ross’s side of the conversation was deleted.
When asked where he was the night Mr Ross died, Mr Munn said he was at home with his wife and children.
He said earlier that evening he had been driving with a friend to pick up a computer that had been fixed.
Mr Munn told the court he did not remember the people who threatened to chop his head off in the days after Mr Ross’s death.
Mr Munn sent a message to the ex-bikie’s wife Alex Ross claiming he had been threatened.
“I’ve been told from three separate people that I’m next,” part of the text message read.
“The moment I show my head they are going to chop it off.”
When questioned about the three people Mr Munn claimed he could not remember.Earlier, Mr Munn said a friend had told him “what I’ve heard, you’re next c***”.
Mr Munn told the court that investigated why he was being threatened and found that Mr Ross had told people in Sydney the pair were doing “rips” when they were doing drug deals.
Defence lawyers have put to Mr Munn various versions of events he has told police. Mr Munn admitted to lying to try and avoi d implicating himself and his involvement in drug dealing.
Earlier he told the court, “I don’t remember what I said when I said it and what has been recorded. I don’t know what’s been said … I can’t remember what has been said.”
During a 15-minute break one of the accused, Singh began to cry in the dock.It is not clear what prompted the tears. He was comforted by his co-accused Brush.
The committal hearing continues next week.
Day 6: Slain ex-bikie’s mate says murder charged planned ‘rip-offs’
January 27, 2022
Ex-bikie Shane Ross had planned a meeting to sell five kilograms of methamphetamine (ice) the day before he was reported missing, a court has been told.
Friend Joshua Munn told the Southport Magistrates Court on Thursday that Mr Ross said he was going to meet the buyer on Friday, October 18, 2019.
That was the last day Mr Ross was seen alive.
Mr Ross’s Monstr Clothing business partner Cameron Martin was found dead in a car that night.
Mr Ross was found in nearby bushland three days later.
Brodie Singh, Nathan Miller and Garry Brush are into the second week of a committal hearing into Mr Ross and Mr Martin’s deaths.
Mr Munn told the court the drug deal was supposed to be the first of a regular weekly deal. He did not know who was buying the drugs.
“I don’t know when (Mr Ross) got the 5kg of drugs,” Mr Munn said.
He said Mr Ross told him the drugs had come from eastern Sydney.
Mr Munn said that after Mr Ross’ death he discovered the ex-bikie owed people “millions”.
“From what I was told it was pretty much every single bikie club in Queensland,” he said.
Upon questioning by Singh’s barrister Saul Holt, instructed by Dib & Associates, Mr Munn said Mr Ross had got him into a $50,000 drug debt with people in Sydney.
The court was told Mr Munn told police that Mr Ross and one of the men accused of his murder – Garry Brush – were planning to do “rip offs”.
Defence barrister Saul Holt asked: “And rip-offs were ripping people off in relation to drugs?”
Mr Munn replied: “Yes.”
Mr Munn told the court that at the time of his death Mr Ross owed him about $75,000.
He said about $50,000 related to his death and about $15,000 related to a tombstone Mr Munn had made for Mr Ross’ mother.
Mr Munn’s version of events has been changing frequently while giving evidence.
He was asked why.
“I don’t remember what I said when I said it and what has been recorded,” Mr Munn said.
“I don’t know what’s been said … I can’t remember what has been said.”
EARLIER: Joshua Munn – a friend of slain ex-Comanchero bikie Shane Ross – is about to give evidence at the committal hearing in the deaths of Mr Ross and his Monstr Clothing business partner Cameron Martin.
Allege Lone Wolf bikies Garry Brush, Nathan Miller and Brodie Singh are facing a committal hearing in the Southport Magistrates Court charged with murder over the deaths of Mr Ross and Mr Martin.
Mr Ross and Mr Martin were shot dead near Martin Shiels Park in Tallebudgera in October 2019.
Mr Martin was located deceased in his vehicle around 9.30pm on Friday October 18, 2019.
Three days later, 36-year-old Shane Ross was located deceased in bushland on the corner of the Pacific Highway and Tallebudgera Creek Rd.
It is alleged the murders of Mr Ross and Mr Martin were “undertaken and planned” by Singh, Miller and Brush “over a period of time”.
On Thursday morning Crown prosecutor Stephanie Gallagher applied to have Mr Munn give evidence via video link from a separate room in order to prevent intimidation and ensure Mr Munn was no distracted.
Lawyers for Brush, Miller and Singh all objected.
Magistrate John McInnes instead ordered a screen be placed in front of the three defendants to prevent Mr Munn from being able to see them from the witness stand.
DAY 5, JANUARY 24:
A friend of Shane Ross was told “you’re next” in a phone call the day after the ex-bikie went missing, a court was told.
The call came to light when barrister Saul Holt, acting on behalf of murder accused Brodie Singh, asked Detective Senior Constable Julian Libbis in the Southport Magistrates Court on Monday why information had been withheld from defence lawyers.
Joshua Munn, allegedly a friend of Mr Ross, told police in a recorded conversation that he had received a phone call from a person in Sydney, Mr Holt said.
Mr Holt said the man allegedly told Mr Munn: “You’re next, c***.”
Mr Holt asked Det Sen Const Libbis if he knew that, until about a week and a half ago, the defence legal teams had not been told Mr Munn had received the threatening phone call or police made recordings of their conversations.
“I wasn’t aware of that,” Det Sen Const Libbis said.
He said he was not aware the recordings of the conversations were disclosable to defence lawyers.
He added he did not know why the defence was not told that until September last year Mr Munn made a statement in 2020.
“We had welfare issues for Joshua Munn,” he said.
Nathan Miller, Brodie Singh and Garry Brush are accused of killing Mr Ross and his Monstr Clothing business partner Cameron Martin in October 2019.
Brush’s defence barrister Angus Edwards, instructed by Ashkan Tai Lawyers, went through a large amount of phone data obtained from Brush’s phone and a teal cypher phone.
A cypher phone is a regular phone with a piece of software that restricts it to text messages and emails, but all communications are encrypted.
Police allege Brush owned the teal cypher phone.
However, during cross examination Det Sen Const Libbis, taken through the data by Mr Edwards, admitted that on a number of occasions the two phones were about 30km apart.
Mr Edwards asked: “The data doesn’t suggest they were in the same location but different locations.”
Det Sen Const Libbis replied: “Yes at times.”
Mr Edwards then said: “Almost at all times.”
Det Sen Const Libbis replied: “Yes.”
Mr Edwards also questioned how police linked Brush to an alleged “dry run” days before the deaths.
He asked: “There is no evidence that (another man) went on the dry run let alone Mr Brush went on the dry run.”
Det Sen Const Libbis replied: “No.”
EARLIER: Shane Ross asked his barber to pass on a message to a mysterious person a day before he disappeared, a court has been told.
But hairdresser Kayne Thomas says he told the ex-bikie he did not pass on messages.
He also said Mr Ross would tip him more than his weekly wage and was suspicious he was using drugs before his death.
A portion of Mr Thomas’ statement was read in the Southport Magistrates Court on Monday as part of a committal hearing.
It said: “He got real close to me and said something to me about someone coming into a shop and could I pass on a message.”
Mr Thomas told the court he cut Mr Ross off quickly. He said Mr Ross got halfway through the message but he could not remember what he said.
Alleged Lone Wolf bikies Garry Brush, Nathan Miller and Brodie Singh have been charged with the October 2019 murders of Mr Ross, an ex-Comancheros bikie, and his Monstr Clothing business partner, Cameron Martin.
Mr Ross and Mr Martin were shot dead near Martin Shiels Park in Tallebudgera.
Mr Martin was found in his vehicle around 9.30pm on Friday, October 18, 2019. Mr Ross’s body was located three days later in bushland on the corner of the Pacific Highway and Tallebudgera Creek Rd. Mr Thomas said he “absolutely” became suspicious Mr Ross was using drugs.
“Oh mate. it broke my heart,” he said.
“I knew it was just cocaine but there was something else going on.”
Mr Thomas said Mr Ross was his client for about a year and a half and used to give him tips more than his weekly wage.
He said Mr Ross would often also try to convince him to open a shop in partnership.
Mr Thomas said Mr Ross often had conversations which could have been about criminal activity.
Also in court on Monday morning, John Beadle, who worked in a workshop across from Monstr in Coomera, said three men came looking for Mr Ross at the Monstr workshop the day Mr Martin was found dead.
Mr Beadle said he called employees at Monstr for permission to let them in and watched as they ran upstairs to check out the office.
He said one wanted to break the door to Mr Martin’s office and check in there.
Mr Beadle said he refused as you could see into the office while the door was closed and then asked them to leave.
Earlier in the hearing on Monday, police were accused of conducting a “closed-minded” investigation into the deaths.
Barrister Saul Holt told the court that he had “never seen disclosure so poor”.
It is alleged the murders of Mr Ross, 36, and Mr Martin were “undertaken and planned” by Singh, Miller and Brush “over a period of time”.
On Friday, the committal hearing adjourned early so police could redact a document mentioned in cross-examination.
Mr Holt told the court on Monday that while providing that document it was discovered police also had more data from a “cypher phone” that had not been provided to defence.
“This is a different data set it would seem which has dramatically more data in it,” he said.
“The only reason this has come to light now is because my learned friend asked the right questions of police officers and immediately realised there was a problem.”
He told the court the data sets from the phone may be critical to the case.
Mr Holt said the new information led to a lack of confidence that police had provided all the evidence as required.
He said it was “becoming overwhelmingly apparent” the police were providing “information that supports their case theory” and the other information was discarded.
Mr Holt said an example was that defence on Monday last week found out about a number of recordings police made of conversations with witnesses.
He said one witness mentioned a cypher phone that had been thrown into a river.
Mr Holt said it was only recently revealed that police had sent divers who had recovered that phone.
“Something has gone profoundly wrong for that material not being disclosed for a year and a half,” he said.
He said the lack of disclosure raised questions about a “closed-minded investigation”.
Mr Holt told the court he had “never seen disclosure so poor”.
The committal hearing is continuing. Police are expected to be asked to provide all the information in relation to the case.
DAY 4, JANUARY 21: One of the men accused of the murder of Shane Ross allegedly told his widow a day after Mr Ross’s death that the ex-bikie was probably out on a bender, a court was told.
The claim was just one of a number of bombshell revelations made in the Southport Magistrates Court on the fourth day of the committal hearing.
Mr Ross’s wife Alex Ross also told the court she “cradled my husband’s decomposed bullet riddled body”.
Garry Brush, Nathan Miller and Brodie Singh are facing a committal hearing in the Southport Magistrates Court charged with murder over the deaths of ex-Comanchero bikie Shane Ross and his Monstr Clothing business partner Cameron Martin.
Brush, Miller and Singh are alleged to be members of the Lone Wolf bikie gang.
Mr Ross, an ex-Comanchero bikie, and Mr Martin were shot dead near Martin Shiels Park in Tallebudgera in October 2019.
Mr Martin was located deceased in his vehicle around 9.30pm on Friday October 18, 2019.
Three days later, 36-year-old Mr Ross was found dead in bushland on the corner of the Pacific Highway and Tallebudgera Creek Rd.
It is alleged the murders of Mr Ross and Mr Martin were “undertaken and planned” by Singh, Miller and Brush.
On Friday the court was told:
* Mr Ross was friends with Brush;
* Mrs Ross said “(Brush) laughed at me and thought (Mr Ross) was just out drinking and he would pop up soon” when she called him the day after Mr Ross disappeared;
* Brush went to Mr Ross’s mother’s funeral;
* Mr Ross had a brain tumour in the lead up to his death;
* He was having financial difficulties due to his ill-health and had sold a number of his possessions including expensive cars and gold-plated Harley Davidsons;
* Mrs Ross said her husband’s friend Joshua Munn told her he believed Brush had something to do with Mr Ross’s disappearance;
* Mrs Ross said she had been told by Mr Munn, Brush had previously tried to meet Mr Ross near where Mr Martin’s body was found;
* Mr Ross did not speak to his former Monstr business partner Scott Stoneman after the pair were charged with a $4.5 million car fraud.
Mrs Ross told the court her husband had left their home the day he disappeared saying he was going for a haircut and to meet Mr Martin.
She called Brush the next day when Mr Ross had not returned.
“(Brush) laughed at me and said he thought (Mr Ross) was just out drinking and he would pop up soon,” she told the court.
Mrs Ross said another friend of Mr Ross – Mr Munn – told her he believed Brush was involved in Mr Ross’s disappearance.
“He was pretty frantic, I believe at that stage he was pretty concerned for Shane’s safety,” she said.
Mrs Ross said Mr Munn told her to tell police that Brush had something to do with Mr Ross’s disappearance.
Defence barrister Angus Edwards, instructed by Ashkan Tai Lawyers, pressed Mrs Ross about whether her husband had a gun.
She said she did not believe Mr Ross had a gun but had begun to question that due to things she was hearing in the media.
Mrs Ross said she was also emotional at that time.
“I had just cradled my husband’s decomposed, bullet-riddled body,” she said.
Mrs Ross said that might have had an impact on what she was thinking.
She said now she did not believe Mr Ross had a gun.
Mr Ross’s friend of 35 years Stephen Marsh told the court Mr Ross had been sick and “incapacitated” for about two years before his death.
“Shane sold everything by the time of his murder because of his brain tumour,” he said.
Mr Marsh, who lives in Sydney, told the court he also had two cars stolen by a group of men at a car show he attended with Mr Ross.
He said he watched the cars being stolen but did not call police.
“I rang Shane when it happened and he said ‘don’t worry brother, I’ll sort it out’,” Mr Marsh said.
Mr Marsh also told the court he became aware of rumours that Mr Ross had “ripped people off” in Sydney and people were angry.
When Mr Marsh refused to name the person who told him that, Singh’s defence barrister Saul Holt, instructed by Dib & Associates, asked: “There is a person in Sydney who you are prepared to hide their identify from this court … and from police because you are concerned enough about that person. Is that where we end up in there?”
Mr Marsh replied: “Pretty much, yeah.”
The hearing continues on Monday.
DAY 3, JANUARY 19: Masked men stole a number of expensive vehicles from a stall at a Sydney show owned by ex-bikie Shane Ross and his Monstr Clothing business partner Cameron Martin in the lead up to their deaths, a court was told.
Five “large Kiwis” also turned up to the Gold Coast Monstr offices asking for Mr Ross, the Southport Magistrates Court was told.
Former Monstr mechanic Christopher Bayer gave few details about the two incidents in the third day of the committal hearing, saying he did not remember much.
The court was told Mr Bayer also told police he had heard “some c … s from Sydney had come up and done it”.
Garry Brush, Nathan Miller and Brodie Singh – all alleged Lone Wolf gang members – are charged with the murders of Mr Ross and Mr Martin.
Mr Ross, a former Comancheros bikie gang member, and Mr Martin were shot dead near Martin Shiels Park in Tallebudgera in October 2019.
Mr Martin was located deceased in his vehicle at 9.30pm on Friday October 18, 2019.
Three days later, 36-year-old Shane Ross was located deceased in bushland on the corner of the Pacific Highway and Tallebudgera Creek Rd.
It is alleged the murders of Mr Ross and Mr Martin were “undertaken and planned” by Singh, Miller and Brush “over a period of time”.
Mr Bayer, after questioning, agreed that seven men had come to the Monstr stall at a power cruise event in Sydney.
He said they asked for Mr Ross and when he told them he didn’t know where Mr Ross was, the men got in the cars Monstr had on display and drove off.
The cars were described as being worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Miller’s barrister Avni Djeamel, instructed by Jason Grant Lawyers, asked Mr Bayer if he was worried that a group of masked men had taken off with a number of expensive cars.
“Not for me,” Mr Bayer replied.
He did not call police after the cars were taken.
Mr Bayer told the court he did not remember much about the incident.
He also told the court he did not remember much about another incident where five “large Kiwis” came to the Monstr workshop on the Gold Coast asking for Mr Ross.
The court was told Mr Bayer had made a statement about the incident saying they looked around the workshop before asking for Mr Ross.
Mr Bayer told the court the men were “polite” to him.
The court was told in a recording with police that Mr Bayer told them: “I heard some c … s had driven up from Sydney and done it”.
Mr Bayer said he did not remember saying that or where he might have heard it from.
The committal hearing continues.
DAY 2, JANUARY 18: Police have evidence an ex-bikie was involved in the transport of the drug ice from the eastern suburbs of Sydney in the lead up to his murder alongside a business partner on the Gold Coast, a court was told.
Garry Brush, Nathan Miller and Brodie Singh have all been charged with two counts or murder over the deaths of ex-bikie Shane Ross and his business partner Cameron Martin.
Mr Ross, a former Comancheros bikie gang member, and Mr Martin were shot dead near Martin Shiels Park in Tallebudgera in October 2019.
Mr Martin was found dead in his vehicle around 9.30pm on Friday, October 18, 2019.
Three days later, 36-year-old Shane Ross was located deceased in bushland on the corner of the Pacific Highway and Tallebudgera Creek Rd.
Brush, Miller and Singh – all alleged members of the Lone Wolf bikie gang – are alleged to have planned and carried out the murders of Mr Ross and Mr Martin.
An action-packed second day of the committal hearing in the Southport Magistrates Court on Tuesday was told:
* Police have evidence Shane Ross was involved in moving drugs from the eastern suburbs of Sydney – including about 8kg of the drug ice;
* Mr Ross was a nominee of the Lone Wolf bikie gang in 2012 but by October 2014 was a fully patched member of Comancheros gang;
* NSW police believe Brodie Singh was the national president of the Lone Wolf gang;
* Cameron Martin had lent Mr Ross about $35,000 for surgery not long after they first met;
* Mr Martin’s mother Louise Martin had warned her son and was concerned about his relationship with Mr Ross because he was a “bikie” and believed he was involved in drugs;
* Mr Martin purchased the Monstr clothing line from Mr Ross in 2018 after Mr Ross and his business partners Scott Stonewall and Christian Nassar were charged with a $4.5 million fraud;
* Mrs Martin loaned her son about $100,000 in the months before his death to restock and rebrand clothes in the Monstr line;
* After his death, Mr Martin’s family could not find any of the clothes from the Monstr business;
* Mr Martin told a fellow jet ski racer that a phone call was telling him there were armed men in Monstr’s Gold Coast offices;
* Prior to his death Mr Martin was “rough for money”.
Singh’s barrister Saul Holt, instructed by Dib & Associates, told the court that evidence suggested Mr Ross was involved in the “significant movement” of drugs from the eastern suburbs of Sydney.
He said at one point it was suspected about 8kg of the drug ice was being moved.
The court was told more evidence about the drugs was going to be explored later in the committal hearing.
Mr Holt asked outlaw motorcycle gang expert NSW Police Detective Sergeant Bruce Groenewegen about which gangs controlled Sydney’s east.
“Historically the Comancheros maintain a presence in eastern suburbs and the current international commander hails from eastern Sydney,” Det Sgt Groenewegen replied.
Earlier in the day, Mr Martin’s mother Louise Martin said her son became friends with Mr Ross in 2016 causing concern within the family, partly due to drugs.
“Cameron (Martin) told us he (Mr Ross) had been a bikie, assured us that he now wasn’t a bikie, he was supplying him (Mr Ross) with money to have an operation and we suspected he (Mr Ross) was into drugs,” Mrs Martin said.
The mother also told the court that in the months before Mr Martin’s death she lent her son $100,000 “to restock the clothing and he was going to rebrand the clothing” in his business Monstr.
“After Cameron’s death the clothing just didn’t exist,” she said.
“Nobody knew anything about it.”
The court was also told by Brett Douglas – a jet ski racer who was sponsored by Mr Martin – about how he was at dinner while attending a race in America when Mr Martin stormed away from the table after getting a call about Monstr.
Mr Douglas said Mr Martin returned shortly afterwards.
“He just said there were people in the workshop with guns and I’m going to be on this phone for a while,” he said.
Mr Douglas said the next day Mr Martin told him he did not want to talk about it.
Security in the courtroom was upped during the committal hearing with four police officers, including one with a taser inside the courtroom.
Two officers were stationed outside the courtroom.
The committal hearing continues on Wednesday.
DAY 1, JANUARY 17: A magistrate has ordered police to reveal which witnesses they recorded in relation to the murders of ex-bikie Shane Ross and his business partner Cameron Martin, a court has heard.
The Southport Magistrates Court was told lawyers for the three accused – alleged Lone Wolf bikies Garry Brush, Nathan Miller and Brodie Singh – had only found out in recent days that recordings were made of witness interviews.
Magistrate John McInnes ordered police reveal which witnesses they had recorded by Monday afternoon.
He also ordered they hand over the “secret recordings” by Tuesday morning.
Brush’s defence barrister Angus Edwards, instructed by Ashkan Tai Lawyers, said they had only recently been made aware of one of the recordings – a 10-hour conversation between a witness and police in April 2020 – about a month ago.
He said he became aware more recordings existed on Monday morning.
“At this stage we know there are recordings of various witnesses – we don’t know which ones – and by various police officers – we don’t know which ones,” he said.
Crown prosecutor Stephanie Gallagher said she did not oppose the order being made and that she had already requested the information from police.
The committal hearing from Brush, Miller and Singh had earlier been delayed after Brush was not transported from prison to Southport.
Brush, Miller and Singh are facing a two-week hearing in the Southport Magistrates Court which was scheduled to start on Monday morning.
The hearing will determine if there is enough evidence for the trio to face trial in the Supreme Court for the alleged murder of Mr Ross and Mr Martin.
Mr Ross, an ex-Comancheros bikie gang member, and Mr Martin were shot dead near Martin Shiels Park in Tallebudgera in October 2019.
Mr Martin was located deceased in his vehicle around 9.30pm on Friday, October 18, 2019.
Three days later, 36-year-old Shane Ross was located deceased in bushland on the corner of the Pacific Highway and Tallebudgera Creek Rd.
The car had crashed into a tree off Tallebudgera Creek Rd.
Mr Martin had sustained a puncture wound to his chest shortly before the crash.
It is alleged the murders of Mr Ross and Mr Martin were “undertaken and planned” by Singh, Miller and Brush “over a period of time”.
It is not the first time court has been delayed because a defendant hasn’t been transported from prison.
In October last year a committal hearing was delayed for a day when a defendant was not transported from prison.
The matter has been adjourned until Tuesday morning.
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