Rookie policewoman tells court how she tasered Bandidos bikie
- Greg Stolz
- The Courier-Mail
- May 12, 2015 12:00AM
Constable Annelise Young told a court yesterday how she used her taser to stun giant Bandidos bikie gang member Adam “Bigg Whitey” White during the Gold Coast’s infamous bikie brawl.
A female colleague among the first on the scene said she feared she would have to start shooting as enraged bikies advanced on police.
The two policewomen told of their terror during the trial of Bandidos bikie Peter Mauric, who has pleaded not guilty to rioting at the September 2013 brawl.
Const Young was a first-year officer patrolling Broadbeach when the brawl erupted outside Aura restaurant.
“I was looking the other way and heard a loud bang. I turned around and they were all fighting each other,’’ she told Southport Magistrates Court.
“I drew my taser and I saw that one of the males is punching the other male repeatedly on the ground.’’
Const Young said she and other police fired their tasers.
Hers hit 200cm White, the Bandidos’ then-Gold Coast president. “As soon as we deployed our tasers, the fighting stopped,’’ she told the court.
“They were extremely angry and yelling out profanities like ‘pig c...’.’’
Defence barrister Geoff Foster suggested the Bandidos did not surround police and not all were aggressive.
“All the men in front of me were trying to be as intimidating as possible,” Const Young said.
“I felt surrounded; I didn’t feel comfortable whatsoever.”
Constable Carleen Armour said she was confronted by a large, heavily tattooed bikie who called her a “weak dog c...” and told her: “Don’t let fear hold you back – come on, have a go.’’
She said restaurant patrons including women and children were “screaming and crying” and cowering in fear.
“I had a man six foot tall covered in tattoos (threaten her) and I’m not very big. (I was thinking) my next step is to draw my weapon and start ... shooting where there’s members of the public.’’
Magistrate Michael Quinn also directed Police Commissioner Ian Stewart to produce police notebook entries for the brawl after 81 officers defied summonses.