Jordan Patten pleads not guilty to alleged terror plot to kill Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp
A man will head to trial to defend charges over an alleged terror plot to kill Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp after he allegedly filmed himself armed with knives and went to the politician’s office.
A man accused of arming himself with knives and a hammer and filming himself in an alleged terror plot to kill a Labor MP has pleaded not guilty to three charges and will defend them at trial.
Raymond Terrace man Jordan Patten, then 19-years-old, was arrested on June 26 last year after police allege he made plans to murder Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp.
Police allege he walked across busy Hunter St and into Mr Crakanthorp’s office but within seconds of entering the building, retreated and walked around a corner to Newcastle Museum.
He was arrested shortly after.
Patten appeared via video link in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday.
He pleaded not guilty to attempting to commit a terrorist act, possessing violent extremist material using a carriage service and possession of offensive weapons with intent to commit an indictable offence, namely knives and a hammer.
A charge of do act in preparation/planning for terrorist act was withdrawn.
Patten has been committed to Sydney’s Supreme Court for trial, to be arraigned on February 13.
Police allege Patten filed a 205-page manifesto to media outlets and ministerial offices the day of his alleged attempted terror plot, citing an extreme hatred for Labor politicians and littered with anti-Semitic ravings.
Police allege between 10am and 2pm, Patten attended Mr Crakanthorp’s office “with intent to kill him due to his position in the Labor Party, in preparation for planning a terrorist act”.
Also revealed were his alleged intentions in a handwritten note left behind to his mother.
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Originally published as Jordan Patten pleads not guilty to alleged terror plot to kill Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp
