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Police probe links to Coast bikies after woman says she was bashed, kicked

POLICE are investigating links to the Bandidos Motorcycle Club after a woman was allegedly bashed, kicked and dragged behind a motorcycle in a vicious assault at the weekend.

The woman, aged in her 40s, claims she was drinking at the outlaw motorcycle gang’s Caloundra clubhouse on Saturday night before she was allegedly attacked.

The woman is believed to have suffered a broken nose, broken cheekbone, concussion, cuts and required staples down the side of her head.

She claimed she was tied behind a motorcycle and dragged along a roadway by people linked to the Bandidos in retaliation for a previous incident.

A Bandidos spokesperson said he was at the clubhouse on Saturday night but did not know anything about the alleged assault.

The woman has not made a complaint to police and did not want to assist police further with the matter.

But police have made preliminary investigations.

Police spoke to the woman at length in Nambour General Hospital on Saturday night.

Ambulance officers responded to reports of a badly assaulted female near the Mobil service station on the corner of Caloundra Road and Bronwyn Street just after 9pm on Saturday.

The Bandidos’ Sunshine Coast clubhouse is tucked behind the Mobil service station in Caloundra’s industrial estate.

Sunshine Coast chapter members had been celebrating with colleagues from across Queensland and Australia who were visiting the area for the third annual Bike and Hot Rod Show at the Caloundra Australian Rules Football Club.

The show, which attracted a crowd estimated at 7000 people, had been a highlight for many Sunshine Coast families.

This investigation comes as an angry father calls for safer Mooloolaba streets (Story page 5) after a weekend of shocking violence which marred the Coast’s Easter celebrations.

His son, a young lifesaver, was bashed unconscious beside a busy Mooloolaba road just minutes after trying to save another man’s life about 11.30pm Saturday.

A few hours earlier a Mooloolaba man was charged with unlawful wounding after allegedly slashing a Brisbane 21-year-old’s arm in Pangarinda Place.

Police suspect the woman was assaulted during the Bandidos after-party and are appealing for any witnesses to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Caloundra detectives plan to pursue the matter but a media spokesperson said police must “determine how successful any future prosecution would likely be without the co-operation of the victim”.

The Queensland Police Service’s State Crime Operations Command conducts investigations into the activities of outlaw motorcycle gangs across the state but police would not speculate on local links to organised crime.