Alleged Linear Park creep nabbed after claims of multiple incidents while walking and jogging

Police have arrested a male jogger on the Linear Park trail after women made allegations of multiple disturbing encounters.

A man has been arrested for disorderly behaviour after allegedly verbally abusing, rudely gesturing and behaving physically aggressive towards women on several occasions.

Police have arrested a man after multiple women came forward with allegations of aggressive encounters along Linear Path in Highbury.

The Paradise man was arrested on Monday, May 6, and charged with disorderly behaviour.

The 20-year-old Paradise man was bailed to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday 5 August.

It will be alleged a male jogger confronted women along the popular running trail in Athelstone and Highbury by verbally abusing them, rudely gesturing and behaving physically aggressive towards them.

One woman who regularly used the trail said she and her daughter restricted their use of the trail in the wake of the alleged incidents.

“I’m a lot more cautious and fear for my daughter, who is only 21,” she said.

She said both she and her daughter now avoid the park between 6.30am and 8am.

The Advertiser first reported the account of another young woman in April.

The woman said she had not returned to the running track since the confrontation.

She described the incident as terrifying and had affected her daily exercise routine and made her think twice about walking or jogging, often choosing the more public gym instead.

Police said they were aware of “community concern” about the behaviour of a male jogger in the area, and said they had received “several” reports from members of the public.

One of the women who came forward in April claimed the police were slow to respond. She said she was not given a report number by police at the time.

“(Police) said that there was not much they could do if he wasn’t actually touching her or attacking her – he was just being a nuisance,” one woman said.