A magistrate yesterday insisted she feared for her safety after she was shouted at by a man outside a grocery store.Nicole Stoneham told Magistrates’ Court she was waiting to use an ATM machine outside the ModernMart in Paget when she was confronted by Laurie Furbert.The 39-year-old Warwick resident has pleaded not guilty to using threatening behaviour toward Ms Stoneham in the June 12 incident.Ms Stoneham told Magistrates’ Court that it was around 4.55pm that day when she heard a loud voice shouting: “Yeah, yeah. Look at me. Look at me.”The Family Court magistrate said she casually turned her head and saw the defendant carrying groceries, but turned away again because she didn’t recognise him.He then allegedly shouted: “Yeah, yeah. You have to come out in public some time and you don’t have the security of the court now.”Ms Stoneham said that the reference to the court made her realise that defendant was talking to her, and she immediately became frightened.“I still didn’t recognise him,” she said. “I was afraid and I was frightened and I started to shake. I was thinking: ‘He hadn’t appeared before me that week, that month.’“The fact that he said ‘You don’t have the security of the court now’ made me fear for my safety.”She said that Mr Furbert continued to shout as he walked towards his vehicle, calling her “wicked” and telling her something along the lines of: “You’re going to get yours.”Ms Stoneham said that she called 911 and began to give the operator the defendant’s licence plate number. As she did so, she said Mr Furbert reversed his vehicle until he was next to her, frightening her again.She said he continued to shout, calling her wicked again before driving away, leaving her shaken and fearing for her safety.The magistrate said she was later told the vehicle was licensed to Mr Furbert and she immediately recognised his name from past appearances in the courts.Mr Furbert’s lawyer, Saul Dismont, questioned Ms Stoneham’s claim that she did not initially recognise the defendant.He said that Mr Furbert had requested she recuse herself from a past matter and had successfully appealed one of her rulings.Ms Stoneham admitted she knew Mr Furbert had written letters to the Governor, Premier Paula Cox and other officials complaining about her actions, but insisted she only learned about the letters after the fact.Mr Dismont asked why she looked over her shoulder “casually” if the defendant was shouting aggressively at her.He also questioned why she called 911 rather than seek immediate security in the store if she was truly afraid.Ms Stoneham responded that she did not initially believe the shouting was directed at her, and that she had faith in the Police Service.During cross-examination Ms Stoneham agreed that Mr Furbert didn’t issue any specific threats of violence, and that she did not move or take any evasive action when Mr Furbert pulled his car alongside her.However she denied a suggestion that she reached her arm into Mr Furbert’s car and pushed her cellular phone into his defendant’s face.PC Michael Charlton said that hours after the incident he and other officers attended Mr Furbert’s home on Khyber Heights Road to arrest him for threatening behaviour.He told the court that despite repeated requests to unlock the door, Mr Furbert would not do so. As a result officers removed an air conditioner in one of his windows and climbed through, unlocking the door from the inside.Mr Charlton said Mr Furbert was very co-operative once arrested, and told the officers: “She is abusing her power.”The trial will continue in Magistrates’ Court next week.