Port Pirie stalker Brodie Mark Lemon labelled ‘serious’ offender

When he was dumped this stalker refused to let his ex live her life, instead forcing her into ‘every young person’s nightmare’. Here’s how he tormented her.

After his spurned actions forced his ex-girlfriend to install CCTV at their former home, a “nightmare” stalker repeatedly terrorised her before finally being locked behind bars.

Roof plumber Brodie Mark Lemon, 22, was dumped by his girlfriend of three years in May before he was cautioned against stalking the woman, who he became obsessed with and could not get over.

The Elizabeth Magistrates Court was told the warning did little to snap Lemon out of the alarming pattern of offending with him just 10 days later making 123 calls to her in a day.

That same day, the court heard, Lemon went to her Modbury house and tried to make contact with her.

Police prosecutor Jen Switala told the court the next day he again attended her house, knocking for two minutes – which was caught on CCTV installed by the ex to protect herself – before leaving.

Brodie Mark Lemon, who has been convicted of stalking his ex-girlfriend. Picture: Facebook

Despite being locked up over his stalking, then released on police bail and being banned from contacting her, Lemon did not relent.

A day after his stint behind bars he again contacted the woman telling her he “just needed to see her”.

Without any success, and with his ex unblocking his number to tell him to “stop trying to hack into (her) email”, he “bombarded” her with “harassing” text messages.

Ms Switala told the court that bombardment started again 10 days later as Lemon’s offending continued into a 38th day.

He was arrested the following day and given home detention bail, but still Lemon continued.

Seventeen days later, with the ex having now dealt with the stalking for 55 days, Lemon sent her an extended message categorised by Magistrate Ben Sale as “long and apologetic … essentially saying goodbye”.

For the message, which breached his home detention bail, Lemon was arrested and again thrown in jail, but not before he resisted police – a charge he pleaded guilty to.

In total, Lemon pleaded guilty to aggravated stalking, breaching his bail and hindering police.

Taylor Falting, for Lemon, told the court her client, who was expecting to head back to his home town of Port Pirie, had spiralled into depression after being dumped and had been diagnosed with ADHD.

She said he had also been drinking and taking cocaine excessively to deal with the break-up.

“It was his first ever relationship that had broken down and it was a new experience for him,” she said.

“He was extremely upset … and was wanting to get in contact with her and trying to get her attention, which is evident by the excessive phone calls and messages that he was sending.

“He says now he underestimated the fear that it had caused her by continuing to send her messages, harass her and attend her property.

“He accepts his behaviour was extremely harmful and he’s remorseful for that.”

Mr Sale described Lemon’s offending as “persistent”, “frightening”, having been “given no encouragement” and “a serious example of stalking”.

“This is, quite frankly, a young person’s nightmare – the ex-boyfriend who won’t go away and who is doing things that seem unhinged,” he said.

“The person then quite rightly asks themselves, ‘if he can call me 123 times in one day, what else might he be capable of?”

Lemon was convicted and sentenced to 41 days in prison, backdated to when he was arrested and jailed in August.