AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-2009
Qld: Third time lucky for bouncer on murder charge
By Christine Flatley
BRISBANE, April 1 AAP - A Gold Coast bouncer accused of murdering a pub patron has
been granted bail on his third bid for freedom.
Morne Ricardo Lombaard, 29, of Southport, will have to provide a $100,000 surety, report
daily to police and surrender his South African passport before he is released after Wednesday's
successful application in the Supreme Court in Brisbane.
Lombaard is accused of murdering 21-year-old Terii Tararo, who died in hospital after
a fight at the Fisherman's Wharf Tavern, at Main Beach, on May 18 last year.
Lombaard was working as a security guard at the time.
Two other security guards - Naeroa Petera Tepaukonui, 35, of Arundel, and Denis Legradi,
23, of Pacific Pines - have also been charged with murder.
Both have already been granted bail with sureties.
This is the third time Lombaard has applied for Supreme Court bail.
Justice Peter Dutney agreed to Lombaard's conditional release, accepting submissions
that the crown's case against the man had weakened significantly since he was first arrested.
The crown submitted that Lombaard should not be freed as he was still a flight risk,
but Justice Dutney said the strict bail conditions lessened the risk.
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