Wayne Harrison, 41, appeared in the Bendigo Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday on multiple charges for incidents with police this year.

He will contest a number of the charges in October.

Prosecutor Leading Senior Constable Mark Snell said Harrison called an officer based at Goornong a number of times and would become aggressive on the phone.

On one occasion on March 2, he allegedly used a number of expletives during a phone call to the officer, describing him as a “dog”, a “maggot” and telling him “you’re dead”.

The court heard the man also allegedly said, “Were you a bit scared Saturday? You kept checking your rear vision mirror, we followed you home” and that he knew where he lived.

The officer “had concerns the accused had the capability to carry out the threat”, Leading Senior Constable Snell said.

Earlier on January 24, Harrison was pulled over for driving unlicenced on Bridge Street, Bendigo, and allegedly became aggressive towards police, with a co-accused allegedly telling another officer she knew where she lived and that “you’ll f***ing pay”.

The co-accused allegedly told the officer “you wait until you’re off duty and I’ll kill you”, while Harrison allegedly flicked a lit cigarette butt at an officer, striking him in the chest and creating sparks.

They then sped away from the scene.

Harrison was also confronted by police on January 20 at McDonald’s Bendigo, where he told officers to “f*** off” before leaving the scene. He was then pulled over on High Street driving unlicenced.

Police raided Harrison’s Flora Hill residence on February 24 where they found four cannabis plants in a cupboard, a fifth plant in the backyard and 260 grams of cannabis in the bedroom.

The discovery was described as a “joint venture” with a co-accused, who also lived at the residence.

Magistrate John Doherty said if Harrison pleads guilty to the charges at this stage he will likely face jail, describing the actions as “incredibly poor, particularly towards police”.