Jamie Mathew Andrew Leal of Crestmead has bail denied on assault, threat charges

A magistrate has firmly denied the bail of a painter whom police allege threatened to burn a woman alive in the manner of one of the state’s worst crimes.

A 24-year-old man alleged by police to have threatened a woman with the same fate as Hannah Clarke during an alleged vicious beating, has had his bail strongly denied.

Magistrate Deborah Vasta told Cleveland Magistrates Court on Thursday that any magistrate in the state would treat matters referring to such “incredibly serious allegations” with utmost caution.

Jamie Mathew Andrew Leal of Crestmead will remain in remand until his next scheduled court appearance on June 2.

Leal faces charges that include assault occasioning bodily harm and making threats.

Police will allege the defendant on April 5 attended a Victoria Point party where he repeatedly propositioned a woman for sex, was refused and was asked repeatedly to leave the residence.

According to the prosecution, he allegedly remained, entered the woman’s room and started to poke her in “pressure points” on her legs before allegedly forcing himself on her.

“The defendant repeatedly asked the victim for sex,” a police prosecutor said.

“The defendant climbed on top of the victim and tried to push himself on her. The victim refused and pushed him off of her.”

The alleged assault grew more severe when Leal allegedly punched the woman on the forehead before grabbing her by the throat, the court was told.

Police alleged during the struggle his victim struck his nose causing it to bleed and sending Leal into a rage.

Jamie Mathew Andrew Leal, 24, of Crestmead had his bail denied on assault, threat charges. Picture: Facebook.

A police prosecutor said Leal allegedly punched his victim three or four times on the thigh and hip and purposely blew blood into her face and around the room before allegedly issuing his chilling threat.

“During the (alleged) incident the defendant (allegedly) said words to the effect of ‘You’re going to end up just like that girl who got burnt up in the car,’” a police prosecutor said.

‘I am going to put everyone in that car and burn us all alive.’”

Defence solicitor Sarah Churches-Kennedy said the alleged victim had allegedly used a widely known tragedy to her advantage.

The defence produced screenshots of social media provided by family in attendance at court which allegedly showed the victim “bragging” about making false statements.

“She has (allegedly) used the Hannah Clarke situation,” Ms Churches-Kennedy said.

“She is (allegedly) using this to coercively control him. She contacted the police three days later because he refused to delete his social media.”

A police prosecutor said the images had not been seen by police, were untested and appeared not to be direct copies of the alleged victim’s social media.

“Right now I am looking at two different Facebook pages … they are actually pictures that have come through second-hand from the respondent’s sister,” the police prosecutor said.

The court heard Leal worked full time as a painter with his family in Crestmead and had strong support.

However, Ms Vasta had seen enough.

“These are really serious allegations. And if this is all bull**** I would be concerned for what you might do to get retribution for such incredibly serious allegations. So whether it is true or not, I think you are at risk of going round and (allegedly) causing further offences.

“Any magistrate in Qld who hears any (alleged) threats referring to setting people on fire, obviously views those threats very seriously and I am not risking any of those (alleged) threats coming to fruition.”