Queensland police seek GPS tracker for Cayle Sean MacDonald

An accused rapist who allegedly threatened to kill a Queensland police officer and burn down his house has had another bail condition added. SEE WHY.

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An accused rapist who allegedly threatened to kill a Queensland police officer and burn down his house has had an addtional bail condition added a week later after police realised how close he could come to his alleged victim’s during work commitments.

Cayle Sean MacDonald made a bail application in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on January 13 having spent 244 days in custody after being charged with two counts of using a carriage service to make a threat to kill, one of making a threat to cause a detriment to a second person with intent, two of stalking/harassment/intimidation, two of obstructing police, one of illegal possession of explosives and one of rape.

According to court documents, Mr MacDonald is accused of rape following a date with a woman, threatening to kill a country town police officer who was investigation other unrelated allegations against Mr MacDonald, hunting down the officer’s family to a safe house where he continued to make threats including burning down the officer’s family home and threaten to kill Mr MacDonald’s ex wife.

Police will allege Mr MacDonald drove almost four hours on Central Queensland roads to confront the police officer, who had been investigating him for other allegations, after receiving a series of messages from his ex-wife the night before, court documents state.

During the drive, Mr MacDonald allegedly phoned the officer who was working at the time away from home and in a vehicle.

It was during this phone call, and a second call, that Mr MacDonald allegedly started threatening to kill the officer who recorded the calls after the first threat was made, court documents state.

Police will allege Mr MacDonald was intercepted by other police about 20 minutes later for driving without headlights at 5.30am on a highway which was when he was observed to be “angry and agitated” and told officers he had been ‘f***ed over’ by the police.

Police prosecutor Mirren Smith told Magistrate Lance Rundle in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on January 21 that police had brought an application to vary Mr MacDonald’s bail conditions after realising the four-hour driving distance between where him and his intended alleged victims – the police officer and others – had not deterred him when he allegedly carried out his threats.

She said the proposed work site locations would place him 1.5 hours drive away from the alleged victims, which concerned police.

The police application was for Mr MacDonald to be fitted with a GPS tracking ankle monitor.

“When it (the application) came before me yesterday, It wasn’t overly surprising,” Mr Rundle commented.

He said if there were issues with the GPS mobile coverage in any of the locations Mr MacDonald was required to travel to for work, he would not be able to go to those locations.

The bail variation was granted and Mr MacDonald was to be fitted with the tracking device in Mackay yesterday.

His other bail conditions include that he not go to certain towns where the alleged victims and witnesses lived and worked, and only attend Rockhampton for court or attend meetings with his lawyer.

He is also not to contact any alleged victims or witnesses.

Mr MacDonald’s charges are scheduled to next be mentioned in court on January 29.

Originally published as Queensland police seek GPS tracker for Cayle Sean MacDonald