Gold Coast City Councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden is preparing to front Southport Court today charged with the alleged murder of his step-father.
It will be the first time the 30-year-old has appeared in court in person.
It comes just over a week after Bayldon-Lumsden was released on bail with a $250,000 surety following a Supreme Court hearing, in which he was represented by his lawyer.
The Division 7 Councillor also has until the end of today to explain to the State Government why he shouldn’t be suspended from his elected position after being issued with a show-cause notice by Acting Queensland Premier Steven Miles on Monday.
He will have to convince him why he should be able to stay in his job as he awaits trial for allegedly murdering Robert Malcolm Lumsden, 58, at the family’s Arundel home on August 23.
“That’s a natural justice process to allow them to dispute that decision, but I believe it’s a reasonable outcome to suspend them until after effectively the next quadrennial council elections when a councillor will be elected,” Mr Miles told reporters.
Bayldon-Lumsden’s lawyers have said he intends to plead not guilty.
