A man who threatened his ex-wife with a pipe bomb "gift" allegedly tried to hit her with a car, and later sent a photograph of himself burning a family violence protection order.
The public servant then threatened to "tip napalm" on the woman and set her alight, in messages a magistrate labelled "alarming and concerning".
The family violence offender, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had his second bid for freedom denied in the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
He pleaded guilty to multiple charges including contravening a family violence order, aggravated intentional threat to inflict grievous bodily harm, and threatening to capture or distribute intimate images of another person.
The man has denied charges of aggravated furious, reckless or dangerous driving, aggravated intentional threat to kill, and aggravated common assault.
Special Magistrate Sean Richter said the public servant was accused of driving his car towards his ex-wife in January, when she jumped out of the way, fearing she would be struck, and hit her face on brickwork.
She later sought a family violence order but the man sent her a photograph of himself burning the document.
A police document alleges that in the four months following the family violence order, the man sent hundreds of "threatening and controlling" messages to his ex.
These messages included him saying: "I've made 3lt [sic] of napalm just for you."
"You want me to tip napalm on you and then set you alight ... I f---ing hate you and want you dead," others read.
The offender sent a picture of a pipe bomb with a message saying: "A gift for you."
He also threatened to send intimate images to her family while wishing her a "happy birthday".
Other videos showed the man exploding objects while saying "I could blow up this house easily".
He also told his ex he was planning to buy a black market firearm and sent her a picture showing a pile of bullets.
On Tuesday, a prosecutor told the court the man has a previous conviction for leaving a threatening note on a neighbour's car for parking in his "designated spot".
Defence lawyer James Sabharwal argued for his client to be granted bail to attend a 16-week group program in Queensland for family violence offenders.
Mr Richter denied bail without hearing further submissions, saying he was "concerned about [the offender] coming back and doing something particularly bad".
The man was remanded in custody and is set to face court again in October.
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