Shane Ross and Cameron Martin murders sent to CCC after cops allegedly gave ‘false information’

The Crime and Corruption Commission has been ordered to investigate the police handling of the high-profile double murder of ex-bikie Shane Ross and his business partner. Here is why.

The Crime and Corruption Commission has been ordered to investigate the police handling of a high-profile double murder, and allegations parts of the evidence did not exist.

An “outraged” Justice Peter Davis also referred the conduct of detectives during legal hearings into the deaths of ex-bikie Shane Ross and his Monstr Clothing business partner Cameron Martin to the Police Minister and Queensland Police ethical standards command.

In one instance, he questioned if police even looked at footage before providing evidence.

Shane Ross and Cameron Martin were found dead in Tallebudgera in October 2019.

Brodie Jeet Singh, Nathan John Miller and Garry James Brush were all charged with the murders of Mr Ross and Mr Martin in Tallebudgera on October 18, 2019, but were discharged in March when Magistrate John McInnes ruled there was not enough evidence for trial.

In April 2020, Gold Coast Detective Senior Constable Julian Libbis swore an objection to bail affidavit about key evidence in the case.

However, on Tuesday, Justice Davis told the Supreme Court in Brisbane that parts of the evidence sworn by Det Sen Const Libbis “just does not exist”.

“Here, Singh has been in custody for almost two years after making a bail application which was defeated on assertions put before the court which were plainly objectively false,” Justice Davis said in his judgment.

Lone Wolf outlaw Motorcycle club member Brodie Singh has been discharged of the double murder. Picture: Facebook

“That is an outrage and the circumstances of the present case ought to be investigated.”

In his judgment, Justice Davis detailed the discrepancies in an affidavit sworn and signed by Det Sen Const Libbis.

He said Det Sen Const Libbis had sworn that two cipher phones, named the red and green phones, had been linked to Miller and Singh and that they were seen with them at the Caltex at Banora Point on the night of the murders.

In January, Det Sen Const Libbis told the Southport Magistrates Court that it was an “error” to say the footage depicted Miller and Singh in possession of the handsets.

Justice Davis ruled: “That footage does not depict what Det Sen Const Libbis swore on oath it depicted.”

He said it was common ground in February, during the bail application, that the assertion about Miller and Singh being seen with the phones was false.

Garry Brush posted photos of his trip to Bali after being released from custody following his discharge for the double murders of Mr Ross and Mr Martin.

“The obvious inference is that Det Sen Const Libbis has sworn the affidavit without viewing the footage,” Justice Davis said in his judgment.

He ruled police officers had been entrusted to place evidence in bail affidavits which were strictly admissible and that they acted objectively and responsibly.

Since Singh, Miller and Brush were discharged on the murders, Brush has been seen living it up in Bali.

Singh and Miller are in custody on unrelated matters.

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