A self-confessed social media fanatic whose online diatribes about police extended into real world threats to kill has avoided more jail time.
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Jordan David Hans Gill, who also claimed he was "the law" online and impersonated a police officer at a shopping centre, was sentenced in the ACT Magistrates Court on Friday to nine months and 52 days in jail.
He has already served the 52 days in prison, and the remainder of the sentence was wholly suspended upon Gill entering into a two-year good behaviour order. He previously pleaded guilty to impersonating a police officer, using a carriage service to threaten a police officer, and intimidating a Commonwealth official.
Gill, who now works as a carpenter, also goes by the name Jordan Fristad.
The court previously heard that, over seven weeks from December 2018, Gill walked around South.Point Tuggeranong wearing fake Australian Federal Police-branded and badged shirts and black covert radio ear pieces. It later transpired in court that Gill had bought the shirts on eBay for $19 a piece.
The court on Friday heard Gill also posted pictures on social media of police at a firing range, and agreed with one of his followers that he had joined the force and was "the law". Gill has also posted on social media that the AFP and "criminal intelligence" should "suck my dick".
When an officer confronted Gill about impersonating police, Gill asked whether his conduct would affect his formal application to become an officer. Gill later sent emails to the officer insulting his weight, and told the officer he had "f...ed" his life and "I am going to f...ing murder you and your family".
"I know where your sister lives and your niece," Gill said in an email to the officer.
"Do you know what suicide by cop is? I'm about to show you."
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Magistrate James Stewart on Friday said Gill had impressed him since he'd last committed an offence in October 2019. A mental health report showed that Gill was experiencing schizophrenia and paranoia when he committed the crimes.
Mr Stewart said that reduced Gill's moral culpability for the offences. Regardless, he said the threats Gill made were particularly serious because they were "sustained and designed to arouse fear".
"You expressly indicated that you were the law and you were not," Mr Stewart told Gill in court on Friday.
Mr Stewart said Gill had 11 previous firearms convictions on his criminal record, including an entry for firing in a public place.
As part of his good behaviour order, Gill will be subject to supervision by ACT Corrective Services and will have to continue mental health treatment. He must also keep his social media accounts public, but indicated on Friday he wanted to delete them.