Wannabe rapper Jack ‘Fernatik’ Ferguson-Michel faces Bendigo court for allegedly threatening to kill cop

A wannabe rapper has made a bid for bail after allegedly threatening to kill a police officer and come after his kids at their school during an arrest, a court has heard.

Wannabe hip hop artist Jack ‘Fernatik’ Ferguson-Michel allegedly threatened to kill a police officer and come after his kids, a court heard. Picture: Facebook

A wannabe rapper has made a bid for bail after allegedly threatening to kill a police officer and come for his kids at their school, a court has heard.

Jack ‘Fernatik’ Ferguson-Michel, 27, was arrested on Friday night in Heathcote after police were called to reports of a dispute.

Police arrived to find Ferguson-Michel allegedly “abusive, aggressive and threatening”, refusing to comply with their directions as he called officers “pig dog c--ts”.

The unemployed amateur rapper, who posts hip hop videos on YouTube, was pepper sprayed twice as he allegedly continued to spew vitriol and slurs before turning to one officer and saying: “I know where you live”.

“I know where your kids go to school, I’ll be coming for you … the job won’t protect you now, you pig c--t,” he allegedly said.

Heathcote police sergeant Lembke said a woman Jack Ferguson-Michel allegedly abused was “terrified” of what he would do to her.

“If it’s not me that comes it will be someone else, I promise”.

He was initially released on summons before he allegedly jumped into a car minutes later without a licence and did burnouts outside the house of a person he allegedly regularly harassed.

He then crashed the car into a tree stump.

Ferguson-Michel faced Bendigo Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, vying for bail after he was arrested a second time the same night for allegedly threatening to kill several other people in the community.

Sergeant Holly Lembke of Heathcote Police strongly opposed bail for Ferguson-Michel, alleging there was “no doubt” he would return to cause harm to a woman who was terrified of “what he will do to her” if he was released on bail.

Sergeant Lembke told the court she had tried to help the wannabe rapper, who was a regular patron of Heathcote Police Station, but he “absolutely denied” any support and allegedly continued to breach his bail conditions.

“He doesn’t take any accountability, he doesn’t accept any blame, he thinks he can do anything he wants,” Sgt Lembke said.

Jack ‘Fernatik’ Ferguson-Michel allegedly threatened to kill a police officer and come after his kids, a court heard. Picture: Facebook.

A Legal Aid advocate argued Ferguson-Michel should be released on bail because there could be a delay in proceedings that would see him spend more time on remand than a possible sentence would.

Ferguson-Michel’s mother Robyn Ferguson gave evidence her son should come and live with her because “he does listen to me and I think he really needs to be with me at the moment”.

The prosecution pointed out Ms Ferguson was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in 2014 for burglary and drug trafficking, arguing she was not a reliable person to supervise his bail.

The prosecution argued the accused had a history of breaching community correction orders and bail conditions.

Magistrate Dominic Lennon found Ferguson-Michel was an unacceptable risk of reoffending, refusing his bail.