Qld’s stalkers exposed: 30+ people convicted of disturbing offences
From jealous ex-partners to social media stalkers, these are the faces of some Queensland's most menacing offenders as court cases in stalking surge to record levels.
From domestic violence abusers to Facebook harassers, there has been no shortage of stalkers to face Queensland’s courts amid a surge in reported offences in recent years.
Queensland police online crime figures show the number of recorded stalking offenses statewide jumped in 2022, and has remained elevated since.
From January 2022 to June 2025 there were 7659 offences across Queensland, more than triple the number of recorded crimes across the same length of time from July 2018 to December 2021.
Mount Isa has been Queensland’s trouble spot with stalking offences being reported at more than double the rate of anywhere else in the state.
The regional town and its surrounds reported a stalking offence rate of 11 per 10,000 people, compared to a rate of five at the next closest regions of Capricornia, Far North, Townsville, Ipswich, and the South West.
The lowest rate of stalking offences were recorded in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast where the rate per 10,000 people was two.
Police say stalking “may indicate a future risk of domestic violence” and includes conduct which would cause the victim “apprehension or fear”.
It does not have to be repeated behaviour to break the law. Behaviour which can constitute stalking can include: Following, loitering near, watching or approaching a person; Loitering near or watching or entering a place someone lives or works; Tracking someone’s movements, including reading their text messages or monitoring their emails or internet browser history; Publishing offensive material online in a way in which it will come to the attention of the victim.
Police recommend people who feel they are being stalked to keep records of things including: Car details like registration, make, colour, and model; Street names where the stalker is seen; Phone numbers used by stalkers and any messages they send; And dates, times, and descriptions of their behaviour.
Anyone who feels they are being stalked is urged to contact police.
Below are some of the people to face the state’s court recently for stalking their victims.
Convictions recorded
A’DEE BRUCE BARSAH
A’Dee Bruce Barsah threatened to “skull f---” his former partner and stomp on her head during a 15-day period where he paid three visits per day to her home and called her hundreds of times.
On March 11, 2024, the Rockhampton District Court heard Barsah became aware of messages on the victim’s phone and thought someone else was going there.
Crown prosecutor Caleb Theunissen said the victim told Barsah to leave or she would call the police, when she was woken up by him banging on the door at 2.45am on March 6, 2023.
Barsha yelled at her “open the f---ing door. I’ll take down the door. I’m already on the run”.
On another occasion, Barsah threatened her with violence.
He also sent her abusive messages, telling her “you wait slut, I’m going to get you tonight” and “ring me now. I need to talk. I’m going to kill someone or myself”.
Barsah pleaded guilty to one count of stalking and other offences and was sentenced to 18-months prison, declared 136 days presentence custody as time served with immediate parole eligibility.
BRADLEY AMADEUS BESSANT-PROBERT
Father of two Bradley Amadeus Bessant-Probert Probert, 29, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg District Court to unlawfully stalking and intimidating, harassing, or abusing a person with violence.
Counsel for the complainant Kate Thamm submitted Probert’s seven-page Queensland criminal history and a nine-page domestic violence history to the court during his September 2024 sentencing.
The court heard his first complaints with the victim dated back to 2021 amd he was eventually placed on 18 months probation.
He sent threatening and abusive messages via WhatsApp and texts, the court heard. He also sent a photo of a gun, stating he was serious and would see her soon.
In addition to the threats, Probert sent his victim multiple photos of his penis, demanding that she send him photos in return, threatening to publish nude photos of her if she didn’t comply.
He was sentenced to two years’ jail with immediate parole.
WILLIAM BRIERLEY
Yandina man William Brierly stalked his ex-girlfriend before committing a violent home invasion, but had to serve no more additional time behind bars.
Brierley pleaded guilty to stalking and other offences in the Maroochydore District Court on April 22, 2025.
The offending began after the end of Brierley’s relationship with his ex, when he stalked the victim through persistent and unwanted contact for more than two months.
This included loitering near her gym between eight to 10 times, sending her messages and leaving unwanted flowers in what the judge described as “emotionally manipulative” behaviour.
The most serious offence was on June 20, where Brierley went to the home of a young man who he believed was involved with his ex-girlfriend, dressed in a face covering and armed with a kitchen knife.
Brierley was jailed for two years but due to time served he was granted immediate parole.
CRAIG EDWARD CARROLL
Craig Edward Carroll randomly threw a tomato at a woman in Toowoomba’s CBD and stalked a woman who worked at a beauty business, that he thought was very pretty.
Carroll pleaded guilty to 16 charges including stalking in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court on February 17, 2025.
The court was told the stalking incident occurred in Pialba, where Carroll stalked a woman who worked at a beauty business.
The woman was so unnerved she stopped attending work.
Carroll told his solicitor Alysha Jacobsen that he thought the woman was very pretty, and if he knew she wasn’t interested he would have stopped attempting to talk to her.
After pleading guilty to 16 charges, Carroll was sentenced to an eight month jail term and 40 hours of community service by graffiti removal.
The 59 days he spent in pre-sentence custody were declared time served and he was released on probation.
A five-year restraining order was put in place preventing Carroll from approaching the Hervey Bay women he stalked.
MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER CHICK
A 39-year-old Bundaberg man was jailed for two-and-a-half years for stalking his former partner over a five-month period.
Michael Christopher Chick pleaded guilty in Bundaberg District Court in August 2025 to two counts of unlawful stalking, one of which was aggravated.
Judge Nathan Jarro said the offending followed the breakdown of a relationship that lasted “around three and a bit years”.
“After the relationship ended, which you couldn’t get it through your mind that it had, you persistently pursued the complainant in circumstances where she made it plain to you that, that conduct was not wanted,” Judge Jarro said.
Chick began stalking his ex-partner in December 2023.
He sent her messages, called her, followed her in his car, and drove past her house with a neighbour eventually noticing his “bizarre behaviour”.
Chick was sentenced to two and a half years’ imprisonment with immediate parole owing to 221 days served in pre-sentence custody.
ROBERT JASON CLOUGH
Robert Jason Clough was convicted four times of stalking young women, when he again fronted court for sending a woman gifts and disturbing notes after he met her at a North Queensland vet.
Clough pleaded guilty to stalking in Townsville District Court on July 28, 2025 , with the court hearing Clough stalked the young veterinarian between September-October 2023.
Clough delivered a single rose to the complainant with a note that read ‘I want you to know that what is between a man and a woman, I’ve got that for you, Jason’ and included his phone number.
Clough not long after sent more flowers and a note that read, ‘I want to put kisses on your tummy, you would have the cutest tummy, she will have butterflies in her tummy, butterflies in her pants, butterflies in her head’.
Clough was sentenced to 18 months jail and given an immediate parole release date and a restraining order was made that prohibited him from approaching the woman.
BARRY JOHN COLLETT
Former Caloundra bricklayer Barry John Collett was nearly deported back to New Zealand after harassing his ex-girlfriend through disturbing texts, unannounced visits to her home for six weeks and stalking her at a music festival.
Collett pleaded guilty to stalking and wilful damage in the Maroochydore District Court on June 7, 2024.
Over a six-week period, the court was told Collett sent more than 200 threatening and abusive text messages, called her and went to her home without an invitation.
The horrid messages included Collett writing he hoped the woman died “a loveless life”, how he was going to “punch” a man she knew and to say he was “watching” her.
Collett also went to her home and banged on her door for more than 90 minutes, threw rocks at her house and switched on a garden hose and flooded her bedroom.
He also stalked the woman at the Caloundra Music Festival.
Collett was sentenced to 24 months’ jail but given immediate parole.
ADRIAN CORNISH
Gold Coast footy coach Adrian Cornish admitted to incessantly stalking a woman he met on a dating website for six weeks through abusive and menacing messages and unwanted contact.
Cornish pleaded guilty to stalking and contravening an order about device information in the Maroochydore District Court on February 3, 2025.
The court heard the pair met on a dating website in early 2022 and dated, where Cornish would drive from the Gold Coast to the woman’s Noosa hinterland property once a week to visit.
After the victim wanted to end things, Cornish sent the woman more than 300 texts, 13 emails and 14 voicemails.
The rarely replied but times when she did not, the Gold Coast man threatened to “come see her”, stated she was “playing games” but he “loved the challenge”.
Cornish was jailed for two year but granted immediate parole, less the 27 days he had already served.
The 59-year-old was ordered to pay $3000 in compensation to the victim.
NICHOLAS DEL VECCHIO
Nicholas Del Vecchio made false bomb threats to a government building, stalked the detective who arrested him and sent a chilling letter to her home address before leaking it to an outlaw bikie gang.
He pleaded guilty to multiple charges of unlawful stalking in addition to making a bomb hoax, forgery and unlawful possession of weapons, in the Brisbane District Court on April 10, 2024.
Crown prosecutor Melissa Wilson said Del Vecchio stalked the detective who arrested him while he was on bail, going to major lengths to get her personal home address through Google searches.
The detective received a letter written by him that included, “Your days are now numbered. I suggest you enjoy your time on this earth, you don’t know which people you put away have your address.”
Del Vecchio was sentenced to four years jail, with immediate parole eligibility due to already having served 17 months.
DAVID HUGH GARDNER
David Hugh Gardner stalked a woman at a Central Queensland fuel station after saying sexually inappropriate things to her.
Gladstone Magistrates Court heard that on July 28, 2022, Gardner was at the then Puma Service Station at Calliope when he targeted a 53-year-old female driver.
Police prosecutor Kelvin Boyd said the woman had her window down and Gardner said to her: “It’s a beautiful car and you’re not bad for someone your age, I’d like to ride you both.”
Mr Boyd said the woman became scared and Gardner continued to say sexually inappropriate things to her before he got in his car, “did a loop” and parked it next to hers.
Gardner pleaded guilty on March 19, 2024 to unlawful stalking.
Magistrate Mary Buchanan fined Gardner $800 and a conviction was recorded.
BRADLEY RAYMOND GRAYSON
Former correctional officer Bradley Raymond Grayson stalked his ex-girlfriend and trashed her home with the Maroochydore District Court hearing his conduct was “extensive and concerning”.
Crown prosecutor Alex Stark told the court Grayson’s relationship ended as he became “possessive and controlling”.
The court heard while Grayson went to her unit to get his property, he damaged clothing with bleach and stole property he gifted to her or they shared, such as jewellery and a gift card.
Mr Stark said the Browns Plains man also damaged a laptop and cut two shoes with a sharp object.
Despite the break up, Grayson stalked the woman from March 20 to April 8, 2024 where he went to locations near her home and workplace around the time she was going to start and finish work.
Grayson pleaded guilty to two counts of stalking and one of burglary and stealing and wilful damage.
Grayson was jailed for two years but was released on parole immediately due to the 190 days already served in jail.
WARREN CLYDE HADDEN
Warren Clyde Hadden stalked his neighbours for more than a year and took a tomahawk to their front door, blaming his actions on “cannabis induced psychosis”.
Hadden pleaded guilty in Bundaberg District Court in September, 2024 to stalking, trespassing, and wilful damage to property.
Crown prosecutor, Kate Thamm told the court Hadden had been stalking his Oakwood neighbours for 14 months.
Ms Thamm said Hadden threw rocks into their property, spray painted their fence, broke their lounge room window, filmed their property, called them names, threatened them, and drove onto their property to prevent them from doing yard work.
Ms Thamm said Hadden had progressively gotten worse over the 14 months, saying at one point he bought a karaoke machine and would “make up songs to insult the family”.
Judge Allen sentenced Hadden to 25 months’ imprisonment with his 187 days in pre-sentence custody considered time served.
Hadden was set to be released on parole on October 23, 2024.
DARYL JOHN KIRKHAM
Nambour pastry chef Daryl John Kirkham was in the thralls of a Xanax addiction during his “intense” stalking of his former boyfriend, at one point chasing the victim out of his home with scissors.
In March 2024, the Maroochydore District Court heard that Kirkham, who pleaded guilty to stalking with violence in a domestic relationship, said it was “just the beginning” for his victim during a campaign of harassment where he threatened to kill him, broke into his home and assaulted him.
Crown prosecutor Alex Stark stated Kirkham “terrorised” the victim through hundreds of abusive messages and threats after he was dumped due to his “verbal abuse”.
The court heard Kirkham broke into the victim’s home in March, 2023 and chased him through the street with a pair of scissors, with the victim punched by Kirkham and his phone destroyed.
Kirkham left the scene but returned again and did burnouts in the victim’s yard before he left once more.
Kirkham was jailed for four and a half years, with his parole eligibility date set for September 18, 2024.
JAMES KOPI
A 29-year-old Papua New Guinea national dating a woman for about six months before their relationship ended then went on to stalk her.
Crown prosecutor Abbey Kong told Toowoomba District Court James Kopi refused to accept the relationship was over.
At the in February 2025 sentencing the court heard between May 12 and June 3, 2024 Kopi made repeated attempts to reconnect with the woman and when she refused he became increasingly violent.
Kopi would knock on her window at night, sneak into her bedroom when she was not there, remove personal items from the house and damage her clothes.
At one point he broke into her home and poured laundry detergent over her bed.
Kopi made repeated threats to kill the woman, telling her friends that if they did something stupid he would hunt the woman down.
He pleaded guilty to aggravated stalking.
Judge John Allen sentenced Kopi to two years jail with immediate parole after taking into account the eight months he spent in presentence custody.
JEREMY WILLIAM LINDSAY
Nambour man Jeremey William Lindsay trespassed onto a woman’s property five times with no clothes on and masturbated, leaving the complainant frightened and disturbed.
Lindsay pleaded guilty to two charges of trespass and one of stalking in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on July 25, 2025, with the offending occurring between January 5-March 15, 2025.
What began as a random chat about metal in the woman’s fence, between the woman and Lindsay at her front door one day, led to Lindsay loitering in her yard late at night and in the early hours of the morning.
The court heard how these charges occurred after he exposed his penis to children on the street outside his home at Nambour in 2023.
Lindsay was jailed for 18 months, with a parole date set at October 24.
JONATHAN RUSSELL MASSEY
Water proofer Johnathan Russell Massey was assaulted in jail after being attacked while on remand for stalking a woman for three weeks.
The Maroochydore District Court heard on April 22, 2025, Massey repeatedly contacted and followed his victim from September 15 to October 5 last year.
Massey called the victim hundreds of times and bombarded her with Facebook messages.
Massey loitered in the victim’s street under the guise of walking his dog at one point and tried to speak to her as she drove into the street.
Despite blocking him on numerous accounts, she made the decision to move from her home and change her normal routine.
After his arrest, Massey was violently assaulted and left with serious facial injuries.
Massey was recommended corrective surgery to his face however declined this due to his fear of infection following recovery in jail.
Massey pleaded guilty to unlawful stalking and was jailed for 15 months’, however with 194 days time served, the rest of his sentence was suspended for two years.
CAMERON ROSS MCKEAN
Former Sunshine Coast radiologist Cameron Ross McKean left graffiti and knives sticking in walls as part of his acts in terrorising a woman for about a month.
McKean pleaded guilty to unlawful stalking and other charges in Maroochydore District Court, July 14, 2025.
The court heard McKean bombarded the victim with messages and more than 100 emails which were “vile and demeaning in their sexual content”, as well as destroying the interior of a home the woman had been living in after she fled.
Police also found doors off their hinges, demeaning graffiti in the kitchen, lounge and walls as well as torn clothing stuffed into holes made in the walls or hung off ceiling fans, the court heard.
In total, more than $160,000 was paid out to the woman for the damages.
McKean’s messages to the woman included, “you will get the violent response you’ve all been looking for.”
McKean was sentenced to two years and six months’ imprisonment and fined $3000.
He received immediate parole given his 68 days spent in pre-sentence custody.
DANIEL STEVEN MUNCE
A 47-year-old man whose parents allowed him to stay on their property when he had nowhere else to go repaid their kindness with a month-long campaign of stalking and terror aimed at his mother.
Daniel Steven Munce moved into a van on his parents Pie Creek property after they were unable to afford continuing to pay for his accommodation in Gladstone, the Gympie District Court heard in February 2025.
His 75-year-old mother soon became concerned about his drinking, drug use, and some of the people who were visiting him and tried to speak with him about it.
This led to arguments, the court heard, and then a campaign of shocking harassment, abuse and stalking in June and July of 2023.
During this time Munce repeatedly called his mother, left voicemails, loitered around her house shouting, and sent her numerous text messages.
Munce pleaded guilty to stalking, intimidating, and harassing while threatening violence, aggravated by domestic violence.
Munce was sentenced to two years and three months’ jail, with a parole release date of March 6, 2025 owing to 215 days already spent in presentence custody.
JOHANN EDWARD NEALE
Earthworks business owner Johann Edward Neale harassed his ex and drove at her in a jealous rage, mounting the path outside busy shops, after he sent chilling warnings hours before.
Neale pleaded guilty to a stalking charge and was found guilty of other charges during a trial in the Rockhampton District Court on August 1, 2025.
CCTV played during the trial showed Neale drive his ute across two lanes of traffic, mount the footpath and drive around his victim twice before driving back Dean St in Frenchville.
Neale had earlier written the word “slut” on the victim’s car door.
Neale also sent the victim a flurry of nasty messages 24 hours before the driving incident which included, ‘deceitful lying c***”, “you have a lot of pain on the way”, “slut”, ‘I’m going to get the dogs’, ‘you are so deceitful it makes me sick’.
Neale’s case was adjourned to September 4, 2025 for an update on a psychiatric assessment and he was remanded in custody.
ISAAC ANDREW OHLSON
Former Gold Coast surf life saving patrol captain Isaac Andrew Ohlson stalked a teenage girl beginning in 2020.
On July 9, 2025, Ohlson pleaded guilty to unlawful stalking and other charges in the Southport Magistrates Court.
The court heard Ohlson would tell the girl her boyfriends would treat her badly, said he would assault the boys if they treated her badly, bought her chocolate as a gift, sent flowers on her birthday and messaged her on Instagram asking if she had a new boyfriend.
Olson also faced court for one grooming charge against another teenage girl.
The court heard the girl was talking with a friend about her then girlfriend when Ohlson said he heard she had a girlfriend and asked “Do you want to have a threesome? I bet you have a crush on me.”
Ohlson was sentenced to a two year probation order with no conviction recorded.
A restraining order from both victim survivors against Ohlson was also granted.
ANTHONY LAWRENCE EDWARD PRIESTLEY
Anthony Lawrence Edward Priestley stalked a teen mum for three weeks before bailing her up at a McDonald’s while with her siblings, causing her to lock them all in toilets to escape his persistent sexual harassment.
On June 16, 2025, the Rockhampton District Court heard Priestley carried out the sexual assaults against three women and a teenage mother.
Priestly stalked the 17-year-old mother after he told her she had pretty eyes and repeatedly leant into her as he spoke, asking her for a hug.
The court heard she was so scared Priestly was allowed to hug her before he grabbed her bottom and asked her to meet him back at the park at night.
Another day, Priestley called the young mum ‘baby girl’ at a McDonald’s and told her he had been looking for her and had waited at the park for her.
Priestley pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault, one of stalking and one of indecent act in any place with intent to insult or offend any person.
He was sentenced to 2.5 years prison with 264 days presentence custody declared as time served and immediate parole eligibility.
Priestley was also slapped with a restraining order for one of his victims.
GEOFFREY STEPHEN SALWAY
A court has heard of one man’s bizarre conduct towards two women, in which he sent one demeaning, racist messages calling her a “dirty little Asian” and stalked the other, including sending her 150 letters and randomly showing up at her home.
Geoffrey Stephen Salway pleaded guilty to one count of using a carriage service to menace or harass and one count of unlawful stalking when he faced the Maryborough Magistrates Court in September 2024.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Sonia Edwards said the two counts related to complaints made by two different women.
In the first instance, Salway sent abusive and racist text messages to a woman, referring to her as a “low-life” and a “typical Asian”.
In other messages he called her a “spoiled brat” and a “thieving monkey”.
“Go home, we don’t need dirty little Asian scumbags in our country,” he wrote.
On March 14, 2024, police attended Salway’s home in Poona and spoke to him about the messages, which he made admissions to sending, Sgt Edwards said.
He also admitted to calling the victim multiple times from a private number.
Magistrate John Milburn said he would sentence Salway to two years on probation for the stalking matter for his “determined and insistent conduct” and fined him $1500.
MATTHEW JAMES RIECK-SCHLOSS
A court has heard a man harassed and verbally abused his dead brother’s partner in the months after he was killed in a car crash, including a bizarre incident in which he stalked her vehicle and demanded his brother’s ashes back.
Matthew James Rieck-Schloss, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful stalking, intimidation or harassment when he appeared before Hervey Bay District Court in August 2024.
The court heard the offending involved the 21-year-old woman who had been in a relationship with the defendant’s brother, Chris Sorensen, 19, who died after a crash in Urangan in October last year.
Rieck-Schloss was also seriously injured in the crash that claimed his brother’s life.
The court heard from March 31 Rieck-Schloss had sent abusive, intimidating and harassing messages via Facebook Messenger to the woman.
The contents including asking her to help him take his life, threatening to come into her house and take her belongings by force and calling her demeaning names.
Rieck-Schloss was sentenced to nine months in prison with immediate release on parole.
MICHAEL SLATER
Former Australian test cricket star Michael Slater was been handed a four-year suspended jail sentence for a spate of domestic violence offences on the Sunshine Coast.
The troubled sports star and former commentator, who played 74 test matches and 42 one day internationals for Australia in the 1990s and 2000s, spent 12 sobering months behind bars following his disturbing attacks on a woman he was previously intimately involved with at Noosa in 2023.
His lawyer described Slater “feeling like a failure” after the breakdown of his marriage and spiralled into alcoholism and a “toxic” relationship.
Crown prosecutor Alex Stark said Slater used threats of self harm, accused his victim of being unfaithful and consumed alcohol, mainly vodka.
The court heard Slater stalked his victim, a woman who he was previously intimately involved with, from December 5, 2023 to April 13, 2024 following the end of their relationship.
Incessant contact was a constant feature in Slater’s stalking, with the court hearing he repeatedly sent abusive messages, would attend her home unannounced and threaten to kill himself, and how his life was “ruined” because of her, including if she reported him to the police, the court heard.
Slater pleaded guilty to two counts of common assault, two of strangulation, and one of unlawful stalking, assault occasioning bodily harm and burglary by break at night.
He was jailed for four years but his 375 days of prison time was declared as time served, with the rest of his term suspended for five years.
ATTIP MAXWELL SMITH
A Mackay father of two who would not accept his relationship was over stalked his ex partner, phoning her hundreds of times, showed up at her home and her work and taunted her in front of their children.
Mackay District Court heard at the February 2025 sentencing the couple had been together for 12 years and had two children but in March 2023 the relationship broke down and the pair separated.
Over two months between April and June 2024 Attip Maxwell Smith rang the woman between six and seven times a day totalling 367 times using four different numbers.
He sent her Facebook messages and went to her home multiple times – one time she arrived to find him asleep in her bed – and even went to her place of work once, the court heard.
The court heard Smith was taken into custody in June 2024 after he went to her home and entered her carport and, after she refused to let him in the house, he drove up and down the street slamming the brakes and yelling abuse.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful stalking.
Judge Lynham sentenced him to two-and-a-half-years’ jail with immediate parole due to 250 days in pre-sentence custody.
COLBY JOHN STERLING
A 22-year-old Nanango man stalked the mother of his child, hid outside her bedroom window and sent her harassing messages for months, a court heard.
Colby John Sterling pleaded guilty at Kingaroy District Court in December 2024 to one count of stalking in a domestic violence relationship and contravening a court order.
Published court documents revealed Sterling’s two-year relationship with the victim ended around May 2023 but he “just could not accept it”.
Over a four-month period between April and August 2024, he sent abusive messages to her, demanding to know where she was and who she was with.
The court documents said in June 2024, Sterling sent his ex-partner around 100 messages with the letter A and called her 43 times, even though she never answered and “offered him no encouragement”.
In mid-August, he went to her house and hid outside her bedroom window, which he confessed to her over Snapchat.
Judge Rosengren sentenced him to 12 months in prison, with a parole release date of January 7, 2025.
BRADLEY RICHARD TWEEDALE
Bradley Richard Tweedale threatened to burn a woman’s house down among more than a 100 texts and calls after she asked him to leave her home.
Tweedale pleaded guilty in Maroochydore District Court on December 2, 2024 to one count of stalking with threatening violence.
Crown prosecutor Rhys Byrne told the court the stalking occurred across six days after the victim refused to allow Tweedale, who was homeless at the time, to stay overnight at her home.
Judge Glen Cash said it took only half an hour after he left at midnight for Tweedale to contact her over the phone.
The court heard he sent 100 texts and tried to call her 60 times on that occasion.
Tweedale attempted to contact the woman throughout the following days, including at least two threats via voicemail to die by suicide and one threat of burning the woman’s house down with her inside.
Tweedale was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment with immediate release on parole, his eight months in pre-sentence custody was declared as time served.
RODNEY DENIS WALSHE
Former film set builder Rodney Denis Walshe stalked a couple for more than a year on a prestigious Noosa street by parking in front of their bins , driving over their lawn and having more photos of the victims on his phone than of his own grandchildren.
In November 2024, the Maroochydore Magistrates Court heard Walshe had been living in his car in the neighbourhood, frequently parking directly across from the victims’ home.
Other complaints included claims that Walshe jammed bins against their letterbox, and on one occasion reversed his car into one of their vehicles.
The court was also told that the woman had felt so distressed by Walshe’s presence that she would “crawl along the ground” to avoid being seen when she was moving from her pool to her door by the front patio.
Walshe was found guilty of two counts of stalking and was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment, wholly suspended for two years with a restraining order of five years.
CATHERINE JANE WEY
Catherine Jane Wey sent abusive messages and made offensive posts on social media about a nurse she hardly knew.
Wey pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrate Court in September, 2024 to stalking, trespassing, and wilful damage to property.
She also made a number of harassing posts on the social media platform, believing she had been treated by the nurse.
Police prosecutor Brendon Selic told the court the victim became fearful for the safety of herself and her family, and did not want to leave her home.
Wey was sentenced to nine months imprisonment with 140 days of presentence custody declared as time already served.
Wey was granted an immediate parole release and was also ordered to undertake 18 months of probation for the stalking offence.
SHYANNE MAREE WHATLEY
A 25-year-old woman has been ordered to stay clear of her ex-neighbour after waging a campaign of fear against her, saying she would “slash (her) family’s throat” and “murder her”.
Shyanne Maree Whatley faced Gympie Magistrate Court in September 2024 over her stalking and intimidation of her ex-neighbour, one of a dozen offences committed throughout 2024.
Police Prosecutor Allison Johnstone said Whatley’s “persistent abuse” across a month-long period from April 1 to May 11 left the woman and her son so in fear for her safety she installed CCTV cameras around their home.
Whatley’s’ threats included telling the woman she would “legit slash your family’s throats” and “murder her”.
On another occasion Whatley told the woman “if I was your mother, I would’ve smashed your guts in”.
Whatley pleaded guilty to 12 charges in total including stalking, two counts of break-and-enter, stealing a vehicle, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, obstructing police, four counts of breaching bail, failing to appear, and one count of fraud laid after she fled from a taxi without paying her bill.
She was sentenced to six months’ jail with a parole release date of October 17, 2024 and restrained from going anywhere near her former neighbour until 2029.
JOSHUA GREGORY WYNNE
A Queensland man installed cameras in his former partner’s bedroom to watch her on a livestream, along with stalking her, looking up ways “to catch a cheating partner” and ignoring court orders to stay away from her.
Joshua Gregory Wynne, 33, went on a 44-day stalking campaign in March and April 2024, about two months after their nine-year relationship came to an end.
Crown prosecutor Cameron Keast described Wynne’s stalking as “brazen”, “sophisticated”, “planned” and “controlling long after the relationship has ended”.
Judge Jeff Clarke said overall, Wynne committed 54 acts of stalking, intimidation, harassment and abuse.
The court heard Wynne tracked her movements through Snapchat and took screenshots which he kept on his phone.
He had installed cameras in her home prior to the stalking period and installed them again, this time putting one in her bedroom, during the stalking period.
“That (one in the bedroom) had a livestream feed to his phone and he made 30 recordings of the camera livestream,” Mr Keast said.
Wynne pleaded guilty to one count of stalking, intimidation, harassment and abuse, along with 11 breaches of a domestic violence order, three breaches of bail and one of contravening an order to provide access to electronically stored information.
He received a three-year prison term with 271 days presentence custody declared as time already served and parole release set for May 5, 2025.
ADAM TRENT YOUNG
A Noosa concreter was jailed for more than two years after admitting to a horror stalking campaign on his ex-girlfriend due to a mix of jealousy and his “indulgence in meth”.
Maroochydore District Court heard the frightening extent Adam Trent Young went to after he descended into a jealous drug rage when he discovered his former partner had a new partner.
The 41-year-old and the victim’s relationship ended in 2022 however the Noosa man could not respect the boundaries set by her in terms of their domestic violence order.
Crown prosecutor Michael Andronicus said Young breached the order twice in November and December 2023 and again in January 2024, prompting the victim to tell him to leave her alone or she would call police.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of contravening a domestic violence order, two of driving disqualified, one of stalking, possessing dangerous drugs and possessing drug utensils.
Young was jailed for two years and three months, with 327 days in custody given as time served.
He was banned from driving for two years.
No conviction recorded
RACHAEL MAREE BELL
A Mackay region woman who thought her husband was having an affair with his work colleague stalked the other woman, repeatedly harassing her over phone, email and online over three months.
Rachael Maree Bell’s offending occurred between December 2023 and March 2024 with police prosecutor Hannah Beaumont calling it as “protracted”.
The court heard Bell made multiple online complaints against the woman about her demeanour in the workplace.
She then tried to contact her victim on Facebook, expressing she had an issue with the woman and her husband communicating outside of work hours.
The victim also received more than 30 missed calls over several days to her personal and work phones.
On one call she dis answer Bell introduced herself and accused the victim of having an affair with her husband before denying making any vexatious complaints.
Bell also contacted her victim’s partner with claims of the affair.
She pleaded guilty to unlawful stalking, intimidation, harassing or abuse and was ordered to complete a 12 month probation order and no conviction was recorded.
JACE ADAM GOWANS
A stalker who harassed a neighbour so much she had to move away and was “too afraid” to return was fined $1200 for his behaviour.
Wilson Beach man Jace Adam Gowans lived just 200m from his victim and his offending involved sending multiple messages over social media and even going to her home three times, Proserpine Magistrates Court heard.
Between 3 October and 22 November, 2024 the 32-year-old sent Facebook messages to the woman indicating he knew of her movements and location.
On 4 October, 2024 at 5.33am the victim received a Facebook message from Gowans stating “I’ll fix your tyre up before I go to work, sorry”.
Later that morning she found a piece of paper with Gowans’s phone number on her screen door.
Then about 10pm that night Gowens was captured on CCTV aggressively banging on the victim’s front door before throwing items around the front porch.
Gowans pleaded guilty to stalking and was fined $1200.
A restraining order was put in place and a conviction was not recorded.
BARRY WILLIAM HULL
An elderly man who stalked a young girl at the business where she was working, calling her “babe” and “baby girl”, has received a hefty fine.
Barry William Hull, 82, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful stalking, intimidation or harassment when he faced Maryborough Magistrates Court in November 2024.
Between January 1, 2024, and October 3, 2023, he had attended his teenage victim’s place of employment on a number of occasions.
Throughout that time, he had continuously called the victim child “babe” and “baby girl”, Sgt Selvadurai said.
Magistrate John Milburn said he did not sentence Hull on the basis the overtures were sexual, but that the stalking was persistent.
Hull was fined $1000 and no conviction was recorded.
MICHELLE ANTIONETTE KINCHINGTON
An aged care worker who stalked her intellectually disabled tenant and sold his belongings on Facebook has claimed she thought she was merely exercising her right to free speech.
Michelle Antionette Kinchington pleaded guilty at Gympie Magistrates Court in April 2025 to stalking and fraud over her conduct in a dispute with her victim, who was renting a room at her home.
Police prosecutor Alison Johnston said the 56-year-old had sent several “threatening” messages to the victim over the five months from February to July, 2023.
The court heard these were asking the man for money.
Kinchington then posted a photo of his belongings, kept in her garage, on Facebook.
Kinchington was placed on one year’s probation, and restrained her from making any contact with her victim for five years.
No conviction was recorded.
CHADE LEAH MCMAHON
A Mackay mother-of-three landed in hot water after stalking her ex and harassing him with sexually suggestive messages.
Mackay Magistrate Bronwyn Hartigan told Chade Leah McMahon, 35, her behaviour was “obsessive” after she stalked her former partner over the course of two weeks.
“The offence is serious in that you can’t harass people over an 18 day period,” Ms Hartigan said at the January 2025 sentencing.
“It would have made him extremely on edge that all of a sudden you send him a message saying you know what he’s wearing.”
The court heard McMahon and the victim were in a relationship for roughly three to four months before they separated.
McMahon pleaded guilty to charges of stalking.
She was sentenced to two years of probation and fined $200 for breaching a bail condition, with no conviction recorded.
