Brendan Craig Green has been accused of threatening his partner Melissa Hill in 2016 after she spent the night at another man’s house.

The Norwood man has been put on trial in the Launceston Supreme Court, pleading not guilty to aggravated assault before Justice Robert Pearce on Monday.

Crown Prosecutor Luke Brett told the jury Mr Green became “jealous and angry” after he found out Ms Hill was at the other man’s house at Invermay.

Mr Brett said the accused called his girlfriend more than 60 times and texted her throughout the night. The following morning, the alleged victim caught a taxi to Invermay McDonald's and Mr Green turned up shortly after her.

The jury was told he parked behind the cab, blocking it in, and told Ms Hill to get in his car.

That was when they started fighting and he allegedly pulled out a gun, pointed it at her and started threatening her.

Driving towards Trevallyn, where Ms Hill lived at the time, the accused allegedly left the gun on his lap and asked her if she “wanted to die today” and did she “fancy dying on her son’s birthday”.

The alleged victim jumped from the moving car, falling onto the road and suffering grazes to her right arm and leg, the court heard.

She ran to a nearby house screaming for help and the residents contacted police. Mr Green was later arrested at his home.

Taking the stand on Monday, Ms Hill recalled spending the night at the man’s house at Invermay, driving to McDonald’s in a cab the next morning and getting into a fight with her boyfriend in his car.

But she did not mention a gun or any threats against her life. She admitted to jumping from the car, but said it was because Mr Green was driving fast and she was scared they would crash.

After further probing from Mr Brett, the alleged victim said the accused did have a gun, however she claimed he never pointed it at her.

Mr Brett asked whether the alleged victim had previously told an officer she had been taken hostage at gun point and driven around Trevallyn by the accused, but she said she did not remember speaking to that officer.

He asked if she remembered signing a statutory declaration, to which she answered yes. He again asked if she agreed she had spoken with an officer and made the statutory declaration, and she said “no I don’t agree”. 

The alleged victim was shown a copy of that statutory declaration in court, but she said it was not her signature on the document.

Lawyer Mark Doyle said his case was simple.

“No gun, no threat, no crime,” he said.

Cross-examining the witness, Mr Doyle asked Ms Hill if she lied to police in 2016.

“It is the case that Mr Green did not point a gun at you,” he said.

“He did not point a firearm at me, no, ” Ms Hill replied.

“Under oath, in court, it did not happen,” Mr Doyle asked.

“No,” she said.

The trial before Justice Robert Pearce will continue on Monday.

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