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Brendon Spurrell, the convicted Ottawa sex offender who was captured after he was released from jail by mistake earlier this month, is now accused of threatening to kill a Crown attorney.

Spurrell, 22, was arraigned Tuesday on charges that he threatened to kill Moiz Karimjee at a Jan. 2 bail review hearing. Spurrell is also charged with intimidation to provoke a state of fear in a justice system participant.

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The bail hearing was documented in a newspaper report earlier this month.

Spurrell erupted in court once he realized he was losing his bid for bail. He hurled racial slurs at a police officer, called the judge a “f—ing whore” and threatened to kill the prosecutor, saying “I’m going to f—ing torch this Crown, bro.”

Spurrell is on trial this week on unrelated charges — including sexual assault and death threats against a child. The judge-alone trial was delayed Tuesday afternoon because Spurrell had to appear in another courtroom to be arraigned for his latest criminal charges.