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  • Court hears man was armed to destroy building (Australian had huge weapons cache - despite gun ban)

    12/27/2004 11:35:45 AM PST · by Stoat · 11 replies · 1,107+ views
    ABC News (Australia) ^ | December 27, 2004
    Court hears man was armed to destroy building A man who threatened to blow up a Gold Coast high-rise on Christmas Eve had enough explosives to level the 15-storey building, a court has heard.Jonathon Richwood, 43, was denied bail today on charges including depravation of liberty, assault occasioning bodily harm, wilful damage and a range of weapons-related offences.The Southport Magistrates Court heard that Richwood sealed off a room in the Grand Hotel at Labrador and told police he had explosives and hostages.The court was told he had a cache of weapons including a home-made rocket launcher, four bombs, four...