Cormac Rothsey pleads guilty to terror threats sprawled across his social media
A Sydney man has pleaded guilty to spreading right-wing extremist ideology online after police found a number of concerning posts on his social media.
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A Sydney man charged with spreading right-wing extremist ideology, including threats to shoot up a mosque online, pleaded guilty in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday.
Cormac Patrick Rothsey, 43, who also goes by the name of Douglas Cormac, was arrested in September last year after an investigation by counter-terrorism police uncovered the threats and other anti-islamic comments on his social media.
Rothsey’s residence is listed in Ingleburn. But he was arrested in Hamilton after heavily armed police from the tactical Operations Unit swooped on him, seizing a phone and backpack.
After being interviewed by detectives from the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team, police located a number of concerning posts on social media and he was later charged with use carriage service to menace, harass, offend.
Investigators found no evidence that he had the ability to carry out the threats.
In court, Mr Rothsey appeared via video link.
His solicitor told Magistrate David Price her client needed to be committed for sentence for a plea of guilty, although the facts were not agreed at this stage.
That matter will head to Newcastle’s District Court on March 5.
In November last year, Mr Rothsey applied for bail, which was refused.