Man 'trying to attract a lady' by posting rifle picture to Instagram while on bail

Jordan David Hans Gill, who targeted the Australian Federal Police officer because of the man's job, also said he now thanked all cops for their service, declaring: "Australia wouldn't be Australia without the AFP".

Gill was due to be sentenced on Monday, having previously pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to threaten to kill, intimidating a Commonwealth official, and impersonating a police officer.

But Magistrate James Stewart decided to order a report on Gill's mental health, with Monday and Tuesday's appearances instead focusing on whether Gill should remain in custody until a new sentencing date in May.

Mr Stewart had revoked Gill's bail last week, indicating the man who also goes by the name Jordan Fristad would be sentenced to time behind bars.

But he said he had since started to reconsider the possibility of Gill serving a community-based jail sentence, opening the door for a fresh bail application.

Commonwealth prosecutor David Bloomfield tendered to the court a picture of Gill with a rifle. Gill posted the image to Instagram on January 5, while out on bail.

Mr Bloomfield said the death threats Gill emailed a police officer in October last year had referred to shooting the officer.

He said Gill posting the rifle picture to a public Instagram account placed it there for the victim and other police officers to see, and that they could reasonably feel threatened by this.

The prosecutor opposed bail, saying Gill uploading the rifle photo at a time his mental health had supposedly stabilised had cast doubt on defence lawyer Todd Trotter's assertion that Gill's "spiralling" mental health situation had been the cause of his offending, and that he had turned his life around while last on bail.

Mr Trotter said posting the picture was "a stupid ego boost", but that it was an old image posted recently.

He said Gill had not had access to guns while on bail.

Mr Trotter argued that Gill should be granted bail again because he had a history of complying with conditions and had used his last stint on bail to rebuild his life.

But Mr Stewart said he had concerns about the safety of police officers in light of the Instagram post. The magistrate asked to hear evidence from Gill.

On the witness stand, Gill told the court he was "trying to become Instagram famous".

"I was trying to boost my ego," he said of posting the rifle picture.

"I wanted people to like me and think I was cool."

Asked what people he was referring to, Gill replied: "I'm talking about females, mostly. I'm a single man and I wanted girls to like me."

Gill went on to say posting the rifle picture was a form of "flexing", and that while he now understood that police officers who saw the post might feel threatened, that hadn't been on his mind when he made the post.

"I was just thinking about my ego [and] trying to attract a lady, essentially," Gill said.

Gill also said he now had no ill feeling towards police officers, including the victim of his death threats, who "didn't actually do anything wrong".

"I was just in a bad headspace [when sending the threats]," Gill said.

He said if granted bail, he would continue to receive treatment for his mental health issues and would return to his work as a carpenter, with three outstanding contracts waiting for him.

Mr Stewart decided to grant bail, but did so with a stern warning for Gill, referring to a Facebook post in which Gill told the Australian Federal Police to "suck my dick".

The magistrate told Gill: "If there's a whiff of you posting about firearms, threats or police forces needing to suck your penis, there will be an application to revoke your bail."

Mr Stewart also imposed conditions including that Gill keep his social media accounts on public settings so they could be monitored by police.

Gill is due to be sentenced on May 6.