Supreme Court judge given outline of events in shooting death of Gold Coast policeman Damien Leeding Damien Leeding. A SUPREME Court judge has been given a "thumbnail" outline of the events surrounding the shooting death of Gold Coast policeman Damien Leeding in May 2011. Prosecutors told Brisbane Supreme Court judge James Douglas that Detective Senior Constable Leeding was allegedly gunned down as two armed bandits fled from a robbery of a Gold Coast tavern. Prosecutor Todd Fuller, QC, said it would be alleged Phillip Graeme Abell, 40, and Donna Lee McAvoy were the two bandits, while their alleged co-offender, Phillip Graeme Power, 38, waited in the getaway car. Mr Fuller said the Crown case involved allegations that a "firearm was discharged" and that Sen-Constable Leeding died as a result. Justice Douglas asked the Crown to supply the case "thumbnail" on Tuesday in preparation of the trio's proposed murder trial, scheduled to start on September 9. Lawyers for Power told Justice Douglas whether their client would be tried along with Abell and McAvoy would be decided during an application for a separate trial to be heard by Justice Martin Daubney on August 19. The court was told Peter Davis, QC, who until recently was representing accused wife murderer Gerard Baden-Clay, had been instructed to act for Power. The trio has been charged with murdering Sen-Constable Leeding on May 29, 2011. The Coomera police officer, and father of two young children, was shot as he attempted to foil an armed robbery. He died three days later in the Gold Coast Hospital. The three also face charges for the armed robbery of the Pacific Pines Tavern and deprivation of seven hotel staff and patrons. Barrister Michael Byrne, QC, for McAvoy, said he expected the trial could run up to four weeks in duration. A committal hearing in August last year was told Sen-Constable Leeding fired his service pistol up to four times before he was hit in the face with a single shotgun blast.