‘I will cut your head off’
Jilted lover’s vile threat to girlfriend’s husband
A JILTED lover threatened to cut off the head of his girlfriend’s husband after the woman said she would come clean and end the love triangle.
The Tweed woman stopped the fling via text message about 6am on August 6, telling the man she was going to confess to her husband.
Within 45 minutes, the spurned lover had tried to call her 40 times. At 7am, he bombarded her with texts such as “you hate me”, “what is the point of living” and “I tried my best to give you the world”.
The Banora Point man, 26, then sent a picture of his driveway, with the words “I am killing (him)”.
Another photo was sent of him putting his keys into his car door, saying “better wake him up”. At 11.30am, the man, a chef by trade, sent a picture to the woman of her own driveway.
He then knocked on married couple’s door.
The woman called police when her husband greeted the man. During a verbal altercation the accused threatened to cut the husband’s head off.
The offender told police he the was “in the moment” and wasn’t going to harm the husband.
He said he wanted to kill himself and was unwell. He was taken to Tweed Heads Hospital.
The lover was released later in the afternoon and cleared of any mental issues by doctors.
In Tweed Heads Local Court on Monday, the man pleaded guilty to two counts of intimidation. Defence solicitor Russell Baxter said his client had come from a strict upbringing and this was the first time he had “let his guard down with a woman”.
The court heard the man regarded the relationship as his first “true love” and the emotional heartbreak was similar to a 16-year-old’s behaviour.
Mr Baxter said by the time his client left the hospital he was no longer thinking of harming himself and now intended to relocate to Sydney for work.
Magistrate Geoff Dunlevy convicted and sentenced the man to a two-year community corrections order for each charge.
If you need someone to talk to, phone Lifeline on 13 11 14 or for domestic violence help call 1800 737 732.