“The notes he’s made in prison … surround attacks against police and transgender people, along with antisemitic Nazi-type documentation,” the detective said.
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“There is also a report from Corrections Victoria about behaviour in custody that’s concerning to police.”
Defence lawyer Julia Kretzenbacher suggested some of the notes seized by police already this year included fantasy-like notes, regarding things like Minecraft and the accuracy of VCE textbooks.
But the prosecution said they also included threatening material.
Police have also seized further parcels connected to the accused teen, which contained women’s clothing and a fake mobile phone, the court heard.
When asked about the family’s observations of his behaviour at home, the teen’s father said his son had a long-time habit of “fermenting” things in his cupboard, which they believed was fruit and had attempted to clean up.
“We tried to clear lots of them, but it created conflicts,” he told the court.
In supporting the accused’s release on bail, the father said his son had recently been granted a fresh $150,000 NDIS plan, largely for a support worker and “future career planning” prospects.
Previously, the teen – who lives with autism – was only granted $10,000, the father said. He said he was hopeful the more fulsome package could better support his son.
During an earlier hearing, the court was read excerpts from the notes allegedly written by the 19-year-old, where he described his weapons research as “infallible” and expressed frustration at being laughed at behind his back.
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“It disgusts me when I see the lower mindsets climb the ladder with laughable ease, while I cannot even step foot upon [it]. Sickening sight when mixed with growing thoughts of future vengeance. May be too much to bear. Achievement unlocked plagueeth be unto thee,” one read.
“I made a vow to myself. Before I commit suicide, I will take someone else’s life, and that person will die horrifically, not by a quick cut to the main artery, but brutally by bleeding to death. And then, if I have enough time, I’ll kill someone else. I’ll decapitate them and cut out their innards. I’ll dangle them all over the place until the whole room is bloodied, and then it’s my turn,” another read.
On Thursday, magistrate Malcolm Thomas raised concerns that the accused was continuing to express ideations right until his most recent application for bail, with the FBI also involved.
Those ideations earlier expressed, he said, included school shootings, massacres or mass killings of some kind.
The teen was also found with 500 rounds of ammunition, gun parts, attack gear and videos of the Christchurch massacre when arrested, he said.
“The consequences of the risk eventuality are about as extreme as you can get. [And] the risk is far from hypothetical … but for intervention,” Thomas said.
“This is an application where there’s a risk of killing people.
“There is still, as I understand it, chemicals that are unaccounted for.”
The hearing continues.
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