THE case against a mother accused of helping her millionaire-turned-fugitive son flee the country will be set down for trial.
Elizabeth Anne Turner is charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice between July 1, 2013 and September 15, 2017 and providing false testimony.
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The matter was briefly mentioned at Mackay District Court today and adjourned for mention on July 1 “for the allocation of a trial date”.
Ms Turner is accused of buying and preparing a yacht to help her son, Markis Scott Turner, flee the country ahead of a drug smuggling and trafficking trial.
Markis Scott Turner was arrested in the Philippines after fleeing Australia ahead of a drug smuggling and trafficking trial.
Mr Turner was arrested and charged in May 2011 over allegations he was a major player in a multimillion-dollar drug syndicate.
It is alleged he imported more than 71 kilograms of cocaine from South America into Australia after the Australian Federal Police seized barrels of hydraulic oil reportedly containing drugs at Mackay railway yards. The trial was to start in September 2015.
Mr Turner, who was on supreme court bail, last reported to police about 6.30am on August 14 that year and disappeared until his capture two years later in 2017 in the Philippines, where he remains awaiting extradition.
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It is also alleged Ms Turner deliberately misled judicial proceedings by telling the Brisbane Supreme Court she had not been in contact with her son for several weeks and believed he had taken his own life on April 21, 2016.
She has previously denied the charges, although no formal pleas have been entered.