Serving life in a Queensland jail, alleged gun thief now faces murder trial in NSW
A man serving a life sentence in Queensland has been issued with an arrest warrant for murder and will be transferred to NSW.
An undated supplied photo released Thursday, May 7, 2009 of Susan Davie and her husband security guard Alexander Davie. Fifty-year-old Susan was found dead in a ransacked house at Robina on the morning of Tuesday, May 5, 2009 about an hour after the body of her 61-year-old husband was discovered at a steel recycling plant at West Burleigh. (AAP Image/Qld Police) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Vladimir Garcia faced Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday for an interstate prisoner transfer application.
Garcia, then aged 34, was jailed for life in March 2013 for the murders of Gold Coast security company owners Alexander “Sandie” Davie and his wife Suzanne in 2009.
Garcia and his co-offender Cameron Stewart worked as security guards for Mr Davie until April 2006 when he accused them of stealing handguns from the security company.
The couple were stabbed to death in two different Gold Coast locations within two hours of each other, with the word “dog” written in Mr Davie’s blood.
Garcia represented himself in court on Tuesday for the prisoner transfer application and was kept in custody in the dock.
A lawyer for the Queensland attorney-general told the court Garcia had an “outstanding serious offence in NSW” and had been served with an affidavit last week.
Magistrate Anthony Gett told Garcia an arrest warrant had been issued for him on July 29, 2011 in NSW for murder.
“Are you opposing the application to transfer you to NSW? You can oppose it if you can persuade me it’s harsh, oppressive or not in the interests of justice,” Mr Gett said.
Garcia confirmed he would not oppose the application and said “no” when asked if he wanted to say anything further.
Mr Gett said the attorneys-general of NSW and Queensland had consented to the prisoner transfer and he was satisfied an arrest warrant for murder had been issued by Burwood Magistrates Court in Sydney’s inner west.
Mr Gett approved the application and Garcia was taken from the courtroom in the custody of Queensland Corrective Services.
A NSW Police spokesperson later said they were currently unable to provide further details of the alleged incident that led to an arrest warrant being issued for Garcia.
