Max Easton Holzgrefe accused of home raid in Burpengary East
An ex student at an elite Brisbane school and the son of a high flying businessman is alleged to have invaded a young mum’s home, a court has heard.
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An ex student at an elite Brisbane school and the son of a high flying businessman is alleged to have invaded a young mum’s home as she pleaded with them not to hurt her baby in a “terrifying” incident, a court has heard.
Max Easton Holzgrefe, 21, from Kelvin Grove in Brisbane’s inner northern suburbs, is alleged to have hidden his face with a jumper as he entered the home in Burpengary East after midnight on July 30.
The mum who lived there with her son feared for his safety, and pleaded with Holzgrefe, and his two coaccused, not to hurt her son as he cried when they rifled through her belongings, police allege in the statement of facts filed in the Supreme Court.
“Please don’t hurt my baby” she said, the QP9 states.
She saw one alleged offender brandishing a knife and waving it around, police claim in court documents.
Holzgrefe is charged alongside Sara Debra-Lee Harris, 24 and Meg Edith Kinsela, 23.
Details of the alleged home invasion and armed robbery were revealed in documents filed in the Supreme Court in Brisbane when Holzgrefe successfully applied for bail earlier this month.
He had spent 134 days in custody.
The court heard Kinsella allegedly told police she “kicked the back door” down to gain entry to the home, but denied brandishing a knife and told police she only picked up a knife inside the home because it “fell out of the bag”.
She told police she wanted to go to the Burpengary East home for a “run in” for the “thrill of it”, the QP9 states.
Crown Prosecutor Ryder Reid submitted that Holzgrefe was found at the Burpengary East home by police with his face covered and he was in the mum’s bedroom.
One of the other coaccused was hiding in the cupboard of the child’s bedroom holding a “butcher’s knife with a pink handle”, police state in the QP9 filed in court.
The alleged victim told police she was in bed when she saw three people on her CCTV cameras, she collected her son from his bedroom and brought him into her room for safety, the QP9 states.
Police allege that minutes later the trio entered her bedroom with their faces covered and one was “waving” a knife around as the other two rifled through her belongings.
Police say Harris told them that she heard the alleged victim say “take everything” as she was grabbing property from the bedroom including designer handbags.
Harris denied seeing or knowing that a knife was used.
“The incident was objectively terrifying,” Mr Reid told the court.
“He is captured on CCTV entering the property,” Mr Reid told the court in his submissions.
“His involvement in the offending is unlikely to be seriously disputed,” he states in written submissions.
Mr Reid submitted that Holzgrefe “poses a risk to the safety of members of the community if released” due to the nature of the alleged offences.
Holzgrefe, Harris and Kinsela are each charged with one count of enter dwelling with intent by break at night in company and one count of armed robbery.
He attended Brisbane Boys College in years nine and ten and played rugby union as a flanker.
Since leaving school he dropped out of a plumbing apprenticeship.
Holzgrefe is the son of medical centre operator David, 50, and beauty salon executive Natalie Holzgrefe, 50, who were in court in Brisbane to support him.
David Holzgrefe is listed as chief financial officer at Aura Medical Group, according to his LinkedIn profile.
As part of his bail conditions Holzgrefe must work on a farm growing lemons, bananas and avocados at Wamuran.
He is due back in Caboolture Magistrates Court on January 14 for a mention.
No trial is likely to be set until mid or late 2025.
Originally published as Max Easton Holzgrefe accused of home raid in Burpengary East
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