Overview

• On June 4, Mark Robert Williams allegedly left a bag at the Saints Road Shopping Centre McDonald’s in Salisbury Plains and threatened to “bomb this place,” prompting an evacuation
• Bomb Response Unit technicians found no explosives in the bag, confirming the threat was false
• Police arrested the 44-year-old from Parafield Gardens at the scene around 7:45 pm after customers and staff were evacuated
• Williams was charged with intentionally creating a false belief that life was endangered and refused bail at his first court appearance
• He appeared via video link at Elizabeth Magistrates Court on June 5 and is remanded in custody until his next hearing on June 20, with no injuries reported