A man on trial accused of a violent ice-fuelled crime spree has made an angry court room outburst accusing a witness of lying about him pouring boiling water on a woman's leg.
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"You're lying," the accused Damien Featherstone yelled out on Wednesday.
"You're a lying little mutt. Get the f--k out of here."
The Crown says Mr Featherstone, 30, and Rodney Bloxsome, 49, took ice one day in February last year before shooting and stabbing a man, and then kidnapping a man and a woman, carjacking an older couple at gunpoint and robbing a military shop.
Both Mr Bloxsome and Mr Featherstone have pleaded not guilty.
They say the alleged victim of the shooting and stabbing had come at them and they were acting in self-defence, and that the other alleged victims were lying about what happened.
At the opening of the Crown case in the ACT Supreme Court earlier this week, prosecutor Anthony Williamson said Mr Featherstone and Mr Bloxsome had interrogated and beat the woman they had kidnapped under the mistaken belief they were going to be robbed and that she knew about it.
It was the testimony of the allegedly kidnapped man, who had just told the jury about Mr Featherstone pouring boiling water on a woman's leg, that prompted the accused to get to his feet and accuse the witness of lying.
"Get me out of here," Mr Featherstone said.
"I don't want to listen to this little lying piece of shit.
"You're a f--king lying little dog."
The jury left the court after Mr Featherstone's barrister John Purnell SC said he wanted to raise the matter with the judge in their absence.
Mr Bloxsome, 49, is also charged with raping the woman in a garage during the days she was held her against her will.
The same witness also gave evidence on Wednesday that he saw the woman go into the garage with Mr Bloxsome but that she was still being strong-willed and stubborn.
He said they had just poured boiling water on her, put a knife to her throat and beat her and she was being "firm and holding her ground".
"Like ... her will wasn't broken," the witness said.
The accused pair are charged with forcible confinement and aggravated robbery. Mr Featherstone is further charged with using an offensive weapon in relation to the shooting.
Mr Bloxsome is charged with intentional wounding, and three counts of rape.
Both have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The trial continues.
