Horror wire claim in murder, torture case

An OnlyFans model and wannabe rapper charged with the murder and torture of a man are alleged to have used fencing wire to try and strangle their victim and used a shotgun in their murder attempt.

Horrifying allegations of the charges Cooper Anthony William Bunney, 23, and his partner Bella-Louise Rose Scheibel, 21, have been detailed by police in court documents after the pair were arrested following the alleged harrowing ordeal at a rural property north of Brisbane.

Both were initially charged with the attempted murder of Samuel Harry Wilcox at a Mount Mee property, in Queensland’s Moreton Bay region, last week.

Their charges were upgraded to murder after Mr Wilcox, 23, died in hospital.

Mr Bunney and Ms Scheibel are both facing charges of murder, common assault, deprivation of liberty, disabling in order to commit indictable offence, grievous bodily harm, observations or recordings in breach of privacy genital or anal region, torture, wounding and unlawful possession of weapons.

In court documents obtained by NCA NewsWire, police allege the couple unlawfully detained, tortured and caused grievous bodily harm to Mr Wilcox between April 29 and May 2.

Their charge of disabling to commit an indictable offence relates to allegations that between the same dates they “calculated to strangle” Mr Wilcox using fencing wire around his neck and “render Samuel Harry Wilcox incapable of resistance”.

Police allege Mr Bunney and Ms Scheibel also “visually recorded” the victim’s “genital region” without his consent.

The charge of unlawful possession relates to police allegations the couple possessed a shotgun – considered a category A weapon – which was used to “commit and indictable offence namely attempted murder”.

Ms Scheibel is also facing an additional charge of serious assault of a police officer by spitting on the officer on April 1.

According to court documents both are unemployed.

The couple have an active presence on social media, with Ms Scheibel posting a picture of the couple in February last year with the caption: “No matter what you’ll always be my number one, you make life so much more enjoyable. I love you always Cooper Bunney, never forget it.”

Ms Scheibel also has an OnlyFans account where she describes herself as a “new content creator”.

In her description she states: “I will do just about ANYTHING! Message me and you will receive.”

Mr Bunney, who calls himself an “artist” on his Instagram, has shared videos of his amateur raps to his followers, inviting them to listen to his “barz” in one of his stories.

Ms Scheibel was not able to apply for bail at Caboolture Magistrates Court on Tuesday due to the seriousness of the murder charge.

Under Queensland law, defendants charged with murder can only apply for bail in the Supreme Court.

Instead, the court was told the police were making an application for disease testing in relation to Ms Scheibel’s charge of seriously assaulting a police officer.

A smiling Ms Scheibel was asked if she consented to the application being made.

“Yes, I do,” she told magistrate Kurt Fowler.

Ms Scheibel will return to court on July 4.

During a brief mention, Mr Bunney’s matters were adjourned to the same date. Both remain in custody on remand.

He can be heard and seen rapping to the camera while smoking a cigarette and holding an iced coffee.

Detective Acting Inspector Joe Zitney on Sunday said police believed all three were known to each other and it was “apparent” this was not family violence related.

He said there was evidence to suggest the deceased man had been “in the vicinity” of Mount Mee since April 29.

“At this stage indications are the injuries sustained by the (alleged) victim occurred over a reasonably prolonged period of time but that will be determined by further investigation,” Inspector Zitney said.

Police spent the weekend combing the Mount Mee property – which is understood to have multiple dwellings – as well as a nearby dam.

Mr Bunney and Ms Scheibel had only resided at the property for anywhere between four to eight weeks, Inspector Zitney said.