A reporter has revealed the moment the 36-year-old accused of kidnapping Cleo Smith pointed to him and said ‘I’m coming for you’ during a bizarre rant in court.
Seven News journalist Joseph Catanzaro was sitting in the gallery as Terence Darrell Kelly appeared at Carnarvon Magistrates Court, in Western Australia, on Thursday.
Kelly, 36, launched into several outbursts at media as he came before a magistrate charged with multiple offences including forcibly taking a child under 16.
‘He did point threateningly at several members of the media and had a few choice words for me said in open court,’ he said.
Kelly, who was shoeless and dressed in a black shirt, did not enter a plea or apply for bail while his application for a suppression order was rejected by the magistrate.
Catanzaro claimed that Kelly then looked directly at him before he said: ‘I’m going to get out of here one day. I’m coming for you.’
7 News journalist Joseph Catanzaro was sitting in the gallery as Terence Darrell Kelly appeared at Carnarvon Magistrates Court, in Western Australia, on Thursday
Catanzaro revealed Kelly (pictured, with Bratz dolls on his social media account) launched into several outbursts as the 36-year-old was charged with multiple offences including forcibly taking a child under 16
Terry Kelly, 36, had only been at Carnarvon police station, in Western Australia, for a few hours on Wednesday before he was taken to hospital requiring medical treatment
The veteran crime reporter shrugged off the comment and quipped he was looking forward to that ‘one-on-one interview’.
At one stage Kelly asked the judge ‘what the f*(k are the media doing here?’, according to The Australian.
‘It’s an open court,’ the magistrate replied.
Kelly was emotionless for much of the remainder of the hearing, nodding to indicate he understood the charges laid against him and taking a long period of time to acknowledge his name.
He was closely guarded in the dock by two police officers and wore his long, black, curly hair down.
Kelly is expected to be flown to Perth on Friday ahead of his next court appearance. The case continues.
Overgrown shrubs and bushes climb the walls at the Tonkin Crescent home where Cleo was found
Accused’s alleged doll collection
Bizarre details have emerged about the accused’s alleged obsession with toys as numerous social media accounts linked to Kelly show a room full of Bratz dolls.
Police will allege the Carnarvon man snatched Cleo from her family tent at the remote Blowholes campsite in Western Australia as she slept next to her parents and younger sister on October 16.
Charges were finally laid against Kelly after more than 30 hours of interrogation by detectives who have been relentlessly pursuing the case in the desperate hunt to rescue Cleo.
He was represented by a Geraldton Aboriginal Legal Service lawyer who appeared via video link and did not apply for bail.
Cleo holds her backpack covered in cartoon princesses from Disney film Frozen as mother Ellie and stepfather Jake walk to the car on Thursday morning
Junk was seen in Kelly’s backyard on Thursday morning, as police still assessed the home
Kelly was arrested just after midnight on Wednesday after police corroborated a tip-off from the public with mobile phone data.
They smashed down the door of a locked property on Tonkin Crescent to find the four-year-old girl locked in a bedroom. Kelly was not home at the time.
The 36-year-old was later bundled out of a car and handcuffed after being located by police.
Since Kelly’s arrest, multiple social media accounts have emerged which allegedly belonged to him, where he boasts about his love for Bratz dolls.
One social media account is allegedly solely dedicated to his obsession with dolls, showing the toys piled from wall to ceiling.
He was known to buy girls toys from the local Toyworld store long before he was arrested – even though he doesn’t have any kids – but locals assumed it must have just been for his extended family.
Bizarre details have emerged about the accused’s strange obsession with toys as numerous social media accounts linked to Kelly show a room full of children’s dolls (pictured)
Since Kelly’s arrest, multiple social media accounts have emerged which allegedly belonged to him, where he boasts about his love for Bratz dolls
Neighbour Henry Dodd (pictured) claimed he saw the accused kidnapper with a dozen dolls in the back of his dark blue Mazda one week before his arrest
Neighbour Henry Dodd claimed he saw the accused kidnapper with a dozen dolls in the back of his dark blue Mazda one week before his arrest.
He said the brand new dolls were still in their packaging ‘as if they had been collected from the post office’.
‘There were around ten or twelve dolls… and it looked like he had picked them up after they were delivered somewhere,’ he told Daily Mail Australia.
‘You could see them in their boxes like he ordered them online.
‘They were all piled in the back of his car.
‘I thought it was weird. But I didn’t know anything about him collecting dolls or anything. I didn’t know he had a whole room full of them in his house.
‘We didn’t know that until it (was reported) today.’
Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Blaine (pictured) was one of the four detectives that freed Cleo and has said he is amazed at how ‘well and happy’ the little girl seems to be
Homicide detective Cameron Blaine said Cleo has been falling asleep in her mothers arms and is behaving ‘exactly how you would expect’ a little girl to act
Mr Dodd also claims to have passed the observation on to Carnarvon Police.
Homicide detective Cameron Blaine, who was one of the four detectives that freed Cleo from her 18-day nightmare, said he is amazed at how ‘well and happy’ she seems to be.
‘It was really heartwarming to see that she’s still bubbly and she’s laughing, he said.
‘She’s falling asleep in her mother’s arms. There was one occasion where she asked if she could lay next to mum and have Ellie look at her while she fell asleep.
‘It’s really good to see that she’s adjusted, she’s getting some sleep, she’s playing in the backyard exactly how you would expect.’
Source: DailyMail