Aaron David Marriage faces court for allegedly making death threats to Premier, Chief Health Officer
A man who allegedly threatened to kill Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Queensland Chief Medical Officer Jeanette Young fled court as quickly as he appeared on Wednesday morning.
A man who allegedly threatened to kill Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Queensland Chief Medical Officer Jeanette Young fled court as quickly as he appeared on Wednesday morning.
Aaron David Marriage, 43, of Nerang, faced Southport Magistrates Court on one count of using a carriage service to threaten to kill.
Minutes after his matter was adjourned, he covered his face and fled from media waiting outside the courthouse.
Aaron Marriage - who is charged with threatening the Premier of Qld and the CHO - sprinted from court after his brief appearance. He’ll return to court on November 4. â¦@GCBulletinâ© pic.twitter.com/W0aOTME3IE
— Jacob Miley (@MileyJacob) October 6, 2020
Police allege Marriage used a mobile phone to issue the threats to a government employee on September 14.
His property was raided by police on September 16 after the threats were reported.
The Nerang bricklayer argued with media in the courtroom prior to his appearance, claiming reporters were breaching his privacy and could not print his name.
Marriage, who represented himself in court, asked for a four-week adjournment to seek legal advice.
“At the end of the day I haven’t seen my kids in a year. That’s the whole reason we’re here,” he told the court.
Marriage’s case will return to court on November 4.
He describes himself as an “ex-defence wolf” on his social media pages.
Both Ms Palaszczuk and Dr Young have been consistently targeted by online trolls and threats over their tough border stance.
The abuse towards Dr Young got so bad she was assigned a police escort and had officers stationed outside her house.
Australian Medical Association Queensland president Chris Perry said the criticism was “quite toxic”.