A prominent environmentalist and former Greens councillor is accused of intimidating forestry workers, local politicians and their relatives, including sending a “death threat” to a mayor’s mother, stalking and abusing a man enjoying time with his family and running at a logger’s car, causing it to hit a tree.
Dozens of pages of court documents outline 13 charges against Mark Graham, relating to a long-running saga between the ex-Coffs Harbour councillor and the state-owned Forestry Corporation .
The 49-year-old admitted to stalking a forestry worker in front of his family as well as driving through a forest barricade, hurling abuse at loggers and stealing dozens of tree tags. He is also accused of telling Coffs Harbour Mayor Nikki Williams’ mother she’d earned a “place in hell,” assau