Man, 56, is charged over nunchucks threat at Australian MP's office days after Helen Haines lost both legs
Helen Haines and her husband Phil Haines, who said "the good news in all this is that she's alive" after surgeons were unable to save either of the Australian MP's legs following an alleged car ramming.Brendan Nugent, accused of ramming Helen Haines, whose lawyer told Wangaratta court he has a rare neurological condition and mental health concerns.
The Perth man faces a charge of 'being armed in a way that may cause fear' after he allegedly burst into Hannah Beazley's Victoria Park electorate office on Wednesday afternoon, making verbal threats to staff before being located in nearby Bentley. Nobody was injured. Beazley, who holds the state Labor portfolio of local government and is the daughter of Kim Beazley, said her staff were left shaken.
Brendan Nugent, 43, is accused of deliberately driving a 4WD into Helen Haines outside her office.
Detectives are weighing additional charges against Nugent, among them attempted murder.
A week before the incident, Labor women MPs met with Meta to raise concerns about rape and death threats directed at them.
