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Qld bikie brawl police summons slammed

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A request by lawyers representing an alleged Queensland bikie gang member to search over 600 police notebooks has been slammed by a magistrate as an abuse of process.

Lawyers for alleged Bandido Peter Mauric, who is on trial for his alleged involvement in a brawl at Broadbeach, had wanted to review the official notes of over 80 police officers dated from the day of the brawl on September 27, 2013 until today.

They had also issued a summons in an attempt to get Queensland Police commissioner Ian Stewart to provide all notebooks, camera footage and running sheets from every officer involved in the incident.

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Mauric's defence team suggested they would be seeking Mr Stewart's arrest if he didn't comply with the summons.

A Queensland Police Service spokesman told the court the notebooks contained sensitive information such as victim contact details, which would be revealed by the search.

Magistrate Michael Quinn set aside both applications saying it was not appropriate "for there to be a trawling through of notes unsupervised and unrestricted".

But he did order all notes between September 27 and the next entry relevant to the incident be disclosed.

The trial continues with final prosecution witnesses to face court on Tuesday before the defence presents its case.

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