Man with ‘brain eating disease’ fined for violent public threats Crime by Elizabeth Neil Premium Content Subscriber only A 47-year-old Gympie man suffering from a brain disorder could be heard threatening and hurling abuse at a Gympie Regional Council ranger outside a coffee shop in Mary St. Brent Aaron Wickham pleaded guilty in Gympie Magistrates Court on Monday to charges of public nuisance and for threatening to kill a council ranger, after he reacted viciously when approached by two rangers in March 2021. Police prosecutor Barry Stevens said Wickham acted aggressively towards the rangers, on March 3 and March 11. Wickham was approached by two council rangers the first time, after he was seen holding a dog between his legs while sitting at a table outside a coffee shop in Mary St, raising suspicions the dog was unleashed in public.