Accused Hells Angel bikie associate and loving dad Shane Lemmar dies in M1 crash

An accused bikie associate remembered by loved ones as a ‘wonderful, loving’ dad, husband, son, brother and ‘friend to many’ has died in an M1 motorcycle crash. Read the tributes.

An accused bikie associate remembered as a “wonderful, loving” father, husband, son, brother and “friend to many” has been killed in a horror M1 motorcycle smash.

Family of Shane Kevin Lemmar are mourning the “wonderful man” who died on May 13, days after the serious motorcycle accident.

Loved ones described Lemmar as a “loving father, husband, son, brother and friend to many” - whilst court records also show he admitted being involved in a violent home invasion in 2015 and was accused of drugs and weapons possession the same year.

His family launched an online fundraiser to pay for funeral costs.

“Shane leaves behind his children Keira, Jake and beautiful grandson and the other of his much loved family and friends,” the fundraising page stated.

“The Lemmar family want to be able to give Shane a beautiful send off and lay him to rest where his family and friends have a place to reflect and remember him.”

Sources have confirmed he was due to appear in the Southport District Court this coming Thursday for an alleged breach of a suspended sentence, but it was unclear what that related to.

The fatal crash on the M1 on May 11 involved his motorcycle and a car colliding in southbound lanes of the Pacific Motorway at Molendinar.

Lemmar was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition but died three days later from his injuries.

Three people inside the car – a 45-year-old man, 67-year-old man and 20-year-old man, were not injured.

Shane Lemmar, who was killed in an M1 motorcycle crash. Picture: Facebook

Police have appealed for any witnesses or anyone with dashcam vision of the incident to come forward.

Back in February 2015, he was granted bail to a Hope Island address when aged 43 facing nine offences including drug possession and possession of explosives.

At the time, a bolt action rifle with a silencer, nunchucks, speed and cannabis were among unlawful items allegedly found in the home.

Two years later he was one of three men who pleaded guilty to a violent 2015 home invasion at Helensvale.

The trio admitted storming the home of a former housemate of Lemmar in a bid to rob him. The court at the time heard Lemmar was described as the “mastermind”, having previously lived with the victim and claimed he knew where he kept his prized possessions.

The two co-accused were responsible for attacking the victim, the court heard.

Lemmar was sentenced to five years’ jail but suspended after the judge declared he had spent 322 days on remand as time already served.

At time of writing, the family’s GoFundMe page had raised $1865 towards a $10,000 goal.