The victim is linked to the Mackay police prosecutions unit. The case was briefly mentioned in court on Thursday before Whitsunday Magistrate James Morton. Both Mackay Magistrates, a number of police prosecutors and local Legal Aid Queensland solicitors have expressed a conflict of interest. Rockhampton-based Legal Aid Queensland solicitor William Prizeman, who represented Mr Coulton over the phone, said he had received the brief of evidence this week from prosecutions and initially asked for a four-week adjournment. Prosecutor Sergeant Jay Merchant said since Mr Coulton’s previous court appearance there had been two fresh dangerous driving charges linked to February 24, 2021.