Lakes Entrance man Alister Charles Lyall in Bairnsdale Magistrates’ Court over threatening to kill victim
A Lakes Entrance man assembled a “kill bag” before making his way over to his victim’s house where he told them they were going to “die tonight”.
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A Lakes Entrance man who packed a “kill bag” with a large fishing knife went to his victims house and told them they were going to “die tonight”.
Alister Charles Lyall, 56, appeared at the Bairnsdale Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to a string of charges including making threats to kill, intentionally damaging property and possessing a controlled weapon.
The court heard Lyall had been drinking alcohol before he rode his bike down the driveway of a victim’s home, crashed into bins and went to the front door on March 22 last year.
Lyall’s victim was inside where he started to abuse them through the fly screen door and demanded they give him a clock that belonged to him.
Lyall then said he would “kill” them before punching a window next to the fly screen and smashing it.
He was arrested that day and released on summons, the court heard.
In October, Lyall texted a man saying he was going to do “something” he should have done a long time ago.
“The world is a great place but there’s always one c--t that f--ks up the whole planet,” Lyall’s text to the user said.
“It’s now my job to remove this thing from my presence — I must erase the pig from the face of the planet”.
The man, knowing Lyall was talking about another person, responded saying, “please don’t do that” and to stay away.
The texts continued between the pair and the man asked what Lyall was doing to which he responded with “just putting my kill bag together”.
“I haven’t got long — I’m not leaving this place without a trophy,” Lyall said.
“Phone will shut down now so I can’t be tracked but see you on the news,” Lyall’s last text said.
Lyall then went over to the victim’s home, who spotted him wearing a backpack.
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“You’re going to die tonight,” Lyall told the victim, making his way to the back of the property.
The victim called out to a neighbour who was walking their dogs and invited them into their home, saying Lyall made threats to their life.
A short time later, the neighbour told Lyall he wasn’t welcome at the home to which Lyall said they were going to “die” but the victim was “first”.
Later on, police found Lyall three houses up from the victim’s home, arrested him and found a large fishing knife in his backpack.
In an interview with police, Lyall denied making threats toward the victim and said he always had knives in his bag.
Lyall’s defence lawyer Daniel Taylor said his client had leukaemia and was homeless at the time.
He told the court Lyall raised his children alone after their mum died.
Mr Taylor added Lyall was very remorseful for his behaviour, had drunk a lot and sometimes didn’t take his medication.
“It seems you were off your medication at the time,” Magistrate Tim Walsh told Lyall.
“You’re back on your medication and you’re stable now that I understand it.”
Lyall was convicted and jailed for three months, having already served 101 days.
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