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A bricklayer accused of making bombs in his Sydney unit denied any links with terrorism, his lawyer told a court.
However, Ghielmie Daniels, 36, was remanded in custody after police prosecutors alleged he harboured a hatred for his ex-wife and father-in-law and wanted to harm them.
Daniels was arrested on Friday after 24 explosive devices were discovered in a unit at Nagle Street, Liverpool, during his eviction.
At his appearance in Parramatta Local Court on Saturday his lawyer Adam Houda said the media had quickly and wrongly linked the incident with terrorism.
"But nothing raised here today links this in that way," Mr Houda told the court.
About 11.30am (AEDT) on Friday, during the eviction from the Nagle Street flat, Liverpool sheriff's officers found a box with 14 canisters and 10 pipe bombs in the premises, the police statement of facts tendered to the court said.)
The sheriff evacuated the building and contacted police and the bomb disposal unit.
They examined the devices and identified ammonia nitrate, soda bulbs, sinkers and lead shot in the canisters and copper pipes holding nails, carbon dioxide, soda bulbs and ammonia nitrate.
Batteries, wire, matches and foreign literature were also discovered throughout the unit.
Bomb technicians took 10 hours to dismantle and render the devices safe, removing the ammonia nitrate.
The court was told that Daniels was not present when the sheriff and police arrived and tried to flee when he drove up towards the unit about 4.05pm (AEDT) and saw police.
He was pursued and arrested when his car was held up in peak hour traffic in Terminus Street, Liverpool, the facts sheet tendered to the court said.
Daniels is charged with manufacturing and possessing explosives without authority; possessing articles that could damage property; unlawfully possess or control explosives; possess/use a prohibited weapon without permission; goods in personal custody suspected of being stolen.
Of South African origin, Daniels arrived in Australia in 1981, and has three children with his former wife, the facts sheet said.
Police prosecutor Craig Capper asked that bail be refused because Daniels had the ability and means to hurt his family, with several apprehended violence orders against him by his wife in the past.
"He has a real hatred towards his ex-wife and father-in-law and intimated that he wished them harm," the court statement of facts said.
Mr Houda said there was no evidence that Daniels intended to hurt anybody.
"There's never been an act of violence to a woman and there's never been an act of violence to his partner," Mr Houda said.
Registrar Donna Evans remanded Daniels in custody to protect the community, his ex-wife and family, saying he had a fairly extensive background of domestic violence.
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