Woman charged with accessory to murder of Thor Morgan must wait to learn fate as trial pushed back

A Toowoomba woman on charges of accessory to the murder of Thor Morgan has had her case heard in court. Read the new developments

A woman who was arrested and charged in relation to the murder of 25-year-old Toowoomba man Thor Morgan will be forced to wait to learn her fate.

Isobel Rose Higgins, 24, was set to face the Toowoomba Magistrate on Thursday on charges of accessory to the murder of Thor Morgan.

Ms Higgins did not appear in court but was represented by a lawyer.

Isobel Rose Higgins, 24, leaves the Toowoomba Watch House after being charged with being an accessory after the fact of murder of Thor Morgan, Thursday, August 18, 2022.

In an earlier court appearance on August 18, Ms Higgins was alleged by the police prosecutor to have provided a false alibi for her partner Lachlan Mark Freund, the man charged with shooting Thor Morgan in March 2022.

It is alleged Mr Morgan was tracked by Freund and at least one other man in a stolen Ford Ranger utility as he left his girlfriend’s Coonan Street home in Harlaxton about 2.50am on March 15.

Freund is alleged to have fired several rounds from the vehicle, one of which struck Mr Morgan in the head as he drove along Ruthven Street, near Downlands College.

Mr Morgan then walked back to his girlfriend’s home where an ambulance was called.

He was taken to Toowoomba Hospital where doctors located a bullet lodged in his brain.

Despite the horrific injury, Mr Morgan survived for several months before he died in the Princess Alexandra Hospital on May 16.

Police allege Freund and his co-accused drove the stolen Ford Ranger to Felton and torched it.

As part of a major investigation into the shooting of Mr Morgan, police dive squad officers recovered a firearm from a northern branch of the Condamine River on July 26, which police allege was the murder weapon.

Ms Higgin’s case was adjourned until next month.