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Major update 2: Shane Bowden homicide investigation
Police have today charged a further seven men with murder as part of ongoing investigations into the shooting death of 47-year-old Shane Bowden last year.
Detectives from the Gold Coast District, Crime and Intelligence Command, including Homicide and the Organised Crime Gangs Group, and other specialised police, executed eight search warrants at Pimpama, Redland Bay, Underwood, Upper Coomera, Helensvale and Wanora in relation to Operation Sierra Arch.
The Operation was commenced after Mr Bowden was shot in the driveway of a residence on Cox Road, Pimpama at around 12.10am on Monday, October 12, 2020.
Raids carried out by police today culminated in the arrest of eight people.
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17:32 EDT, 5 May 2021
Kelly Wilkinson and Brian Johnston on their wedding day. He had been arrested earlier in April
An investigation into the death of a young mother s death has been launched, while the coroner will probe police s actions in the lead up to her alleged murder.
Kelly Wilkinson s badly burnt body was found on April 20 in the backyard of her home in Arundel on the Gold Coast, after neighbours reported hearing screams and the sound of an explosion.
Her estranged husband Brian Earl Johnston, 35, was found two blocks away on a front lawn in a semiconscious state and was later charged with her murder.
04:28 EDT, 22 April 2021
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Queensland Police admitted to failing Gold Coast mother-of-three Kelly Wilkinson, allegedly killed and set alight by her former partner on Tuesday morning, after she had visited a police station twice to complain he had breached the conditions of a protection order.
In a major mea culpa, Assistant Commissioner Brian Codd and Gold Coast Superintendent Rhys Wildman fronted the media to announce an internal review of the tragic case and admit that they had failed to protect Ms Wilkinson. Ultimately it s a failure, said Codd. A woman has died. She s been killed. Somewhere along the line she has engaged with the system, and we were unable to prevent this from occurring.