Heidelberg man Grant Bromley sends death threat note to mother demanding thousands of dollars

A man left a note on the doorstep of a family home in Melbourne’s north, threatening to have their son killed over some slashed tyres.

A man from Melbourne’s north sent a death threat note after his tyres were slashed. Picture: Zak Simmonds

A man from Melbourne’s north signed a death threat with his phone number, helping police to track him down.

Grant Bromley pleaded guilty to one charge of extortion with a threat to kill at Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court, after he left a threatening note on the doorstep of a home in Preston in February last year.

The 38-year-old Heidelberg man left a note at the family home of the man who he believed slashed all four tyres of his beloved Jeep car, stating their son would “not survive” if they did not pay $4000 for the damage.

“(He) owes us money … his time is up … he will get serious punishment,” the note read.

“Sorry but he made a big mistake, if not paid a well-known club will take over from here and he will not survive.”

The court heard the note was found by the threatened man’s elderly mother, who reported it to the police.

Bromley wrote a phone number on the note, which police used to link him to the death threat and his DNA was found on the piece of paper.

He was arrested in September but denied delivering the note when interviewed by police.

The court heard Bromley had previously been charged with making threats to kill and stalking, but his offending was linked to relapsing into drug addiction.

Magistrate Jennifer Tregent said the maximum penalty for the “serious” charge was 15 years imprisonment.

Instead, she convicted Bromley and sentenced him to a 12 month community corrections order, with 150 hours of community work.

“The conduct was worthy of a term of imprisonment but I’ve given you the benefit of the doubt,” Ms Tregent said.