A Warwick man charged with threatening a magistrate could see the case against him thrown out of court.However, the prosecuting side maintain that Nicole Stoneham had ample reason to fear for her safety during an exchange of words with Laurie Furbert on June 12.Mr Furbert, who had previously appeared before Ms Stoneham for matters in Family Court, was arrested after the encounter with her outside Paget Modern Mart.Crown counsel Takiyah Furbert told Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo that Mr Furbert had earlier demanded to have Ms Stoneham withdrawn from his Family Court matters and to have her rulings overturned.This showed that the 39-year-old carried a grudge that broke into threatening behaviour, Ms Furbert argued.Defence lawyer Saul Dismont argued that no threat could reasonably have been construed even if it was accepted that Mr Furbert called Ms Stoneham “a wicked woman” and told her “You’ll get yours”, in the supermarket parking lot.The prosecution contends that Mr Furbert said “Look at me” after emerging from the store with his groceries.Ms Stoneham has agreed that Mr Furbert could have been saying “Why are you looking at me?” as she waited at the ATM outside the front of the building.Mr Dismont argued that “You’ll get yours” was not a threat, but an allusion to “karma or divine justice” from a man who felt wronged.“Mr Furbert was leaving the store with groceries in his hands. His complaint was about treatment that he received from her. It may not be nice to be complained to, but it’s not against the law,” Mr Dismont told the court.Ms Burgess agreed that there had been no direct threat to commit an unlawful act, but she held that threats could be inferred from Mr Furbert’s words and actions.“You’re going to get yours” had caused the magistrate to feel she was going to be attacked and her safety put in jeopardy, Ms Burgess said.The court heard that Ms Stoneham’s account of events included the words: “Yeah, yeah, you’ve got to come out in public sometimes, and you don’t have the security of the court now.”Ms Burgess asked Mr Tokunbo: “What else would that mean?”She added: “All that she needed to do was feel threatened. And that’s what her evidence was — that she felt shaken, frightened, and alarmed for her safety.”The prosecutor added that once in his car, Mr Furbert “could have just driven off, but he reversed back to her, in an angry, hostile manner, still shouting these things at her”.And she questioned the defence’s suggestion that Ms Stoneham could not reasonably have believed threats would be carried out.“She called 911. Why do people call 911? Because they feel fearful, and they’re calling on the Bermuda Police Service to assist them,” she stated.Mr Tokunbo adjourned his verdict until August 23, extending Mr Furbert’s bail until then.