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A former bikie boss who threatened to "bleed" a woman "like a pig" while he was in jail has stormed out of court midway through proceedings, calling a prosecutor a "f---ing mutt" on his way out.
David Micheal Evans fronted the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday, having pleaded guilty to seven counts of using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend the woman.
A prosecutor told the court Evans was the former president of Saturdarah's Canberra chapter.
She said Evans phoned a woman from the Alexander Maconochie Centre several times in 2019, threatening to "f---ing kill" her, "make it my mission", and "bleed" her "like a pig".
Evans told the woman she was lucky they had "boxed visits", because he'd "cut her f---ing throat".
"It is persistent, ongoing, multiple threats," the prosecutor said.
Evans' defence lawyer argued the phone calls were at times "conversational" and "c---" was sometimes used as a term of endearment, or the equivalent of the word "mate".
She conceded, though, that the slur was offensive - as was Special Magistrate Margaret Hunter's view.
The defence lawyer said Evans had used methamphetamine regularly since the age of about 21, and had been "basically going cold turkey" since being imprisoned in February last year for an aggravated robbery. She said his "withdrawal" symptoms might have contributed to his bad behaviour during the phone calls.
During the prosecutor's submissions, Evans stood up and said: "Get me the f--- out of here." He told the prosecutor, "you want to talk shit, you f---ing mutt?", and kicked the door to the court cells before storming out.
Ms Hunter described Evans' behaviour as "foolish" and said he had a "very unfortunate attitude". "He doesn't seem to give a damn about anything," she said.
The prosecutor continued with her submissions.
She said Evans' threats to kill the woman carried weight because of his involvement in an outlaw motorcycle gang. The court heard Evans' victim knew he had a gun.
Ms Hunter said: "Just because he's in jail, it doesn't mean he can't get things done."
Evans' defence lawyer conceded "there are means" for people in custody to arrange getting other people hurt. She argued Evans' offences were in the mid-range of seriousness.
The court heard Evans initially entered a plea of not guilty to the seven counts of using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend, before entering a plea of guilty to all charges last month.
He will be sentenced for the matters in May, after he is sentenced for the aggravated robbery in April.