In 2018 the troubled Sydneysider was recorded in a phone call saying 'cops are gonna die, people are gonna die, it's going to be beautiful, I'm ready'. Pender threatened to 'f***ing stab every one of you dogs in the throat' and claimed 'the proudest thing a man can do is behead a cop'. Pender later threatened to behead Magistrate Joanne Keogh when she refused to grant him bail. The NSW Supreme Court heard Pender has schizophrenia but refuses medication and also had a substance use problem. Last January the NSW Supreme Court heard Pender blamed his violent behaviour on a 'demon-god' named Gary, that lives in his head.

Source: The Nation January 08, 2023 16:33 UTC