Man convicted of threatening sheriff’s officer allegedly threatens her again after leaving St. John’s courtroom

A man convicted in provincial court in St. John’s Friday morning and sentenced to jail time for threatening the life of a sheriff’s officer didn’t even make it back to the lockup before he earned himself some new charges, including a charge of threatening the same officer.
Gary Hennessey, 33, pleaded guilty to threatening the female officer while in the holding cells at Atlantic Place as he was preparing to appear before a judge on other matters last November.

Sentenced to a 75-day prison term Friday morning — on top of the one he is already serving — Hennessey was escorted back to the holding cells to await transfer to Her Majesty’s Penitentiary.
However, back in the cells, Hennessey allegedly threatened the officer’s life again.
He is also alleged to have become aggressive toward a male officer, spitting directly in the officer’s face. The officer was sent for medical attention.
Hennessey was charged with uttering threats and assault, and was back in court in the afternoon. He was eventually brought back to HMP to await his next appearance on the matter Feb. 11.
Hennessey is one of four men facing a slew of charges in connection with four violent home invasions in St. John’s, Mount Pearl and Paradise a year ago.
He is also said to be a member of a group of inmates proclaiming themselves the “Kings of Khaos.” He and five other alleged members of the group were charged in November with a savage attack on a fellow inmate, accused murderer and biker gang member Al Potter, in September. Potter, who was reportedly beaten so badly he took months to recover, didn’t report his injuries to prison officials, and they weren’t discovered until the following day.
Charges against the men were later withdrawn by the Crown, since there were no eyewitnesses to the attack and thus no likelihood of conviction.

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