Canberra bikie Jaymie Turner, 30, jailed over threat to kill police officer
Bikie gang nominee Jaymie Turner’s outburst at a police officer at the city watch house has led to him being jailed.
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A Canberra bikie who threatened to kill a police officer and his family in the hours after his gang boss was publicly slain will remain behind bars until November.
Comanchero nominee Jaymie Leam Turner, 30, was on Wednesday sentenced to eight months behind bars, suspended after four months served. He had previously pleaded guilty to affray and to making a threat to kill.
The ACT Magistrates Court heard Turner was drunk and high on cocaine when one of the Comanchero members involved in a fight at Kokomo’s nightclub called him and told him to come to the city. The fight saw gang boss Pitasoni Ulavalu stabbing in the neck. He bled to death on the footpath.
The veteran police officer who Turner ultimately threatened to shoot told the court he had seen first hand what outlaw bikie gangs were capable of, and had been to crime scenes where bullets had been fired into children’s bedrooms.
He said he took Turner’s threats seriously, knowing outlaw bikie gangs collected information on police officers and their families.
The officer was in charge of the city lockup when Turner was arrested for affray, having taken swings at officers and a member of the public.
He said he treated Turner fairly and with respect, including by calling his partner to tell her where he was, and by updating him on the condition of his friend, Mr Ulavalu.
Turner called the officer a “f**king dog” and said: “I’m going to find your kids and your partner, I’m going to f**k them all up”.
“I will f**king shoot you.”
The officer said “sooner or later” Turner would upset someone in the bikie community, and would face the prospect of violence being meted out against himself and his family.
Senior Constable Lauren Gilliland, a detective ACT Policing’s anti-bikie unit, said Turner’s status as a nominee saw him doing menial tasks for more senior gang members.
Magistrate Glenn Theakston said it was clear Turner was in an emotional state, but that his links to the gang meant there was a real risk the threats could have been carried out.
“The threat can hardly be said to be fanciful or ambit,” Mr Theakston said.
Because Turner showed up at the scene of the fight as a result of his links to the gang, Mr Theakston took the rare step of imposing an order banning Turner from having anything to do with any bikies for nine months after he is released from jail.
Turner is set to be released on November 18.