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Teen girl given bail after alleged gunpoint home invasion and Maserati theft

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A teenage girl has been granted bail after allegedly being part of a group that stole a Maserati at gunpoint on the Gold Coast.
Police allege Laura Carter, 18, and Brendon Clayton, 27, smashed their way into a Helensvale home at 6am yesterday, threatening the residents with a gun before taking off in the luxury $70,000 car and sparking a major chase on the M1.

The 51-year-old owner of the Maserati, Seyed Akbar Hosseini, was with the car in his garage in North Bank Court and suffered minor injuries as he tried to fight off his alleged attackers, who police allege also had a knife.

Police allege Laura Carter, 18, and Brendon Clayton, 27, smashed their way into a Helensvale home at 6am yesterday morning, threatening the residents with a gun before taking off the luxury $70,000 car.
Police allege Laura Carter, 18, and Brendon Clayton, 27, smashed their way into a Helensvale home at 6am yesterday morning, threatening the residents with a gun before taking off the luxury $70,000 car. (Nine)

Another sports car parked in the driveway, a 2017 Porsche Cayenne, was also allegedly damaged.

Police tracked the Maserati 50km from the Gold Coast to Logan using PolAir.

Clayton, from Logan, was arrested after the car, which was seen driving on its wheel rims, crashed.

He has been charged with 12 offences, including: three counts of unlawful use of motor vehicle, two counts each of enter dwelling with intent and armed robbery, and one count each of wilful damage, unlawful possession of weapons, enter premises and commit indictable offence, dangerous conduct with weapon and dangerous operation of a vehicle.

A Gold Coast family woke in the night to three strangers threatening them with a gun before taking off in their luxury car, sparking a major police chase.
The 51-year-old owner of the Maserati, Seyed Akbar Hosseini, was with the car in his garage in North Bank Court and suffered minor injuries as he tried to fight off his alleged attackers, who police allege also had a knife. (Nine)

Carter, from South Toowoomba, was arrested in nearby Beenleigh.

She has been charged with seven offences, including: two counts each of enter dwelling with intent and armed robbery, and one count each of enter premises and commit indictable offence, unlawful possession of weapons and unlawful use of motor vehicle.

Police are still searching for a third man seen driving away from the home in a white Mercedes Benz.

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