Bachelorette star Charles Newling texted mother death threats about stepfather

A star of the Bachelorette has been convicted for texting chilling death threats to his mother warning he would ‘torture’ and ‘kill’ her husband of two decades.

Charles Stanley Newling, 36, who featured in the 2018 season of the hit reality show, faced Sydney’s Waverley Local Court on Wednesday charged with using a carriage service to threaten to kill after he sent 37 horrific messages on April 25 over a three hour period when he had been drinking.

Terrified by the ordeal, his mother texted back threatening to call the police, but Newling responded by writing: ‘hahaha’, the Daily Telegraph reported.

‘I took down two cops and two security guards and got away with it. This one’s a walk in the park,’ he said. 

‘You are still controlled by that flog of a husband …

‘I’m going to kill him one day in front of you before I go… You have no idea what I’m capable of but just know it’s not going to be pretty… TDK RIP. The P stands for piss not piece as I’m going to piss on him after I torture the low life C***.’

Newling featured as a contestant on the 2018 season of the hit reality show the Bachelorette 

The court heard how his mother and stepfather had grown extremely fearful of Newling’s behaviour towards them and had not spoke to him in some time.

Newling started off the barrage of messages by texting his mother to say: ‘Just so you know I’m still alive, doing well and been thinking of you xx’.

His mother replied ‘good news’ and sent some love heart emojis.

However, this seemed to set Newling off, who then began the tirade of death threats for his stepfather. 

‘What if I’m outside right now… Reckon the cops can come that quick… I know where you live, where you work where you eat where you sleep. For all you know I’m in your backyard right now,’ one of the messages said.

Magistrate Ross Hudson said the messages (pictured) caused ‘fear, torment and horror’

The messages quickly became even darker. 

‘Ide rather do life in jail to kill that p**** than live the life that you’ve both given me… His throat will be slit the next time he tries to go to work… or maybe when he’s at work… Or maybe when he’s taking the bins out… I know all your movements.

‘I hope you’ve got a good guard dog because the cops aren’t going to do s**t even with an AVO on me. They’re not gonna sit outside your house. How’s it feel knowing your C*** of a husband has a knife coming to his neck, you have no idea where or when.’

Magistrate Ross Hudson acknowledged Newling suffered significant childhood trauma, including having to care for his biological father when he was a teenager after he had an accident and became paraplegic. 

His father later died in 2018 from an overdose of pain medication.

Newling’s lawyer Scott Schaudin said his client had struggled with alcohol abuse but had spent a lot of time contributing to the community.

 When Newling’s mother replied that she was going to the police, he laughed it off

‘He had a full-time position as a builder… he appears quite clear headed and rational today,’ he said.

However, Magistrate Hudson said he must consider the ‘fear, torment and horror’ caused by Newling’s messages.

Newling was initially refused bail for the offence of using a carriage service to threaten to kill and had been in custody since August 17.

At the time of the threats, he was on a court order following a mid-range drink driving offence in 2021.

Magistrate Hudson convicted Newling and sentenced him to a 13-month prison sentence to be serviced in the community.