Self-proclaimed 'King of Australia' posted extreme social media messages calling for police to be HANGED - with cops fearing he may strike again
The leader of a bizarre movement which believes the government is illegitimate, called for police to be 'hanged' and says capital letters make a person a 'corporate shell,' is set to be released from jail this week.
'Sovereign citizen' Juha Kiskonen was found guilty of two counts of using a carriage service to menace or harass and two counts of possessing an unregistered firearm last year and received 12 months behind bars.
Police uncovered the illegal weapon when officers from the NSW Fixated Persons Unit raided his southwestern Sydney as part of an investigation into the United Kingdom of Australia leader.
But although Kiskonen is set to walk free, NSW prosecutors have applied for an extended supervision order, fearing that his ideology may drive him to carry out 'politically motivated violence'.
'Sovereign citizen' Juha Kiskonen was found guilty of two counts of using a carriage service to menace or harass and two counts of possessing an unregistered firearm last year and received 12 months behind bars
What is a sovereign citizen?
The contemporary sovereign belief system is based on a decades-old conspiracy theory.
Sovereign citizens believe that they – not judges, juries, law enforcement or elected officials – should decide which laws to obey and which to ignore.
Most sovereign citizens also don't believe they should have to pay taxes.
As part of the strange ideology, Sovereigns believe maritime law should be used govern - even on land.
They also believe capital letters are used on birth certificates to make individuals a corporate entity, not a sovereign person.
Source: Southern Poverty Law Centre
The broader sovereign citizen conspiracy movement rejects the enforcement of all laws and taxation, considering them to be illegitimate.
Kiskonen's United Kingdom of Australia group recognises an Australian-based 'king' as the true head of state and insists only that only maritime law should apply to individuals - even on dry land.
The NSW Supreme Court heard on Wednesday that in his YouTube rants, Kiskonen had described police and politicians as 'traitors,' and called for law enforcement officers to be hanged, news.com reported.
'The threat is that if police now continue to perform their duty, they will be hanged at some point in the future, either by military tribunal or under the direction or under the authority of the king,' State prosecutor, Barrister James Emmett, said.
'Those threats in the plaintiff's submission meet the definition of a terrorist act because they are a threat of an action which will cause death.'
In one specific example highlighted by Mr Emmett, a person on Facebook asked whether Kiskonen wanted to 'kill a man because he disagrees with your claims'.
Kiskonen responded by saying: 'You've got a soft spot for traitors.'
Kiskonen's United Kingdom of Australia group recognises an Australian-based 'king' as the true head of state and insists only that only maritime law should apply to individuals - even on dry land.
Before he was rounded up by police in July last year, Kiskonen was planning a demonstration at Sydney's Hyde Park where his crew of conspiracy theorists planned to raise the 'true' Australian flag - the red maritime flag.
Kiskonen's barrister, Matthew Johnston, argued the supervision order should be dismissed by the court, scoffing at the idea his client should be considered a terrorism risk.
Pictured: 'Sovereign citizen' Juha Kiskonen
He told the court Kiskonen had been diagnosed with schizophrenia 25 years ago and that tracking his every movement by fitting him with electronic monitoring devices would not be appropriate given his mental health issues.
Mr Johnston said his client has shown dramatic improvement since he began psychological treatment and is now disavowing many of his long-held conspiracy beliefs.
He also argued that Kiskonen's social media videos and posts did not breach any guidelines and did not pose a serious risk of violent incitement.
'That material is still available to like-minded people. We say that significantly diminishes what's raised as a risk issue,' Mr Johnston.
Justice Julia Lonergan is set to make a ruling on the case next week.