Husband Jeffrey Diprose makes bomb hoax call to stop wife, Jalia, from getting to IVF appointment
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The ‘bizarre’ case of husband who called a bus bomb hoax and caused chaos at rush hour to prevent his wife from receiving IVF treatment
- A man pulls off a bomb hoax to prevent his wife from having IVF
- It caused the stop of four buses and the evacuation of 80 people
- Jeffrey Diprose was sentenced to two years probation
A father faced court after calling in a bomb threat that caused chaos in the morning rush hour because he wanted to prevent his wife from making it to her IVF appointment.
The Queensland father was released on parole despite some 80 people on four buses being forced to evacuate as a result of his call in what the judge called a “bizarre case”.
Jeffrey Owen Diprose, 39, of Redland Bay, in south-east Brisbane, called the Translink bus operator from a public phone booth on October 28, 2021, alleging that he had planted an explosive device on a bus on route 281 .
Jeffrey Diprose has faced the courts after calling a bomb threat that caused the buses to stop because he wanted to prevent his wife Jalia from getting to her IVF appointment (Jeffrey and Jalia Diprose pictured)
In Brisbane District Court on Friday, Commonwealth Prosecutor Sinead Butler said his wife was on her way to an IVF appointment, was traveling on that bus route and intended to prevent her from arriving, the court reported. mail.
“In effect, he was trying to prevent her from going to an IVF treatment appointment,” Ms Butler said.
A psychiatrist’s report was filed with the court in which Diprose revealed the motive behind his bomb hoax.
“In my opinion, the conduct was extreme and excessive, resulting in what appears to be a marital dispute,” Ms Butler said.
It is an offense that inspires fear in others.
The hoax resulted in the evacuation of 80 people from city buses in the morning rush hour, with the call made at 7:33 am.
Judge Paul Smith said his actions caused fear in the public, all because he did not want his wife to attend the appointment due to the associated expenses.
Butler said that after the hoax bomb call, all four buses on Route 281 were evacuated and police had to sweep each one for bombs.
Diprose was identified from CCTV footage on the payphone and charged after police raided his home on 2 December 2021 and found the clothes he was wearing on the CCTV vision.
Mr Diprose pleaded guilty to a single count of bomb hoax and was released on probation despite 80 people on four buses being forced to evacuate as a result of his call in what the judge called a ” strange”.
The court heard that the 39-year-old still lives with his wife Jalia Diprose, who supports him financially as he is unemployed, even writing a letter of support for her husband to the court.
As a result of IVF, the couple took out a credit card with a limit of $50,000 and are in a poor financial position as a result.
The couple have a seven-year-old son, who is being home-schooled, and Diprose has two other children from a previous relationship for whom he pays child support.
Diprose pleaded guilty to a single count of bomb hoax.
Judge Smith found him guilty and sentenced him to two years probation.
Passing sentence, Judge Smith said Diprose was clearly “very embarrassed” by what he had done and was suffering from depression at the time he made the call.