Victorian man charged with threatening MP
A Victorian man, 54, is due to appear before Ringwood Magistrates’ Court today (16 November 2023) for allegedly making violent threats to a Federal Member of Parliament.
The man was summonsed to appear before the Court after AFP officers executed a search warrant at his Doncaster home on 30 March 2023. A laptop computer was seized during the warrant and subjected to digital forensic analysis.
Police will allege the man sent an email to a Commonwealth government department threatening violence against the Federal Member of Parliament.
He was charged with one count of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence, contrary to section 474.17 of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth).
The maximum penalty for this offence is 5 years’ imprisonment.
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