Roslyn Ann Allen stalked a husband and wife in what she called a ‘love triangle gone wrong’

After running into her old boyfriend at a rodeo years after they dated, a woman started stalking the man and his wife, with a court hearing her “infatuation” with him turned into two stalking charges and the couple living in fear for their safety.

A Central Queensland woman stalked a husband and wife for five months after becoming infatuated with the husband, who she dated in her youth.

Roslyn Ann Allen, 53, pleaded guilty in Biloela Magistrates Court on August 11 to two counts of unlawful stalking and two counts of using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend.

The offences happened between January and May 2021 after Allen saw the husband and wife at a rodeo at Banana, and had a conversation with the husband.

The prosecution said Allen was involved in “protracted stalking” of the husband and wife, both online and in person at their residence, which caused them emotional harm and to fear for their safety.

The wife knew Allen to be an associate of her husband, but had never physically interacted with her.

In January, Allen started sending the woman messages via social media, telling her that she had been having romantic dealings with her husband and that she wanted to get in contact with him.

Allen sent the wife more than 40 messages in total using Facebook.

The wife ignored most of the messages, only replying to a couple of them.

However Allen became more persistent which caused the wife to become upset and concerned for her and her husband’s safety.

The wife asked Allen to stop contacting her and also to stay out of her life.

But Allen’s behaviour escalated.

On February 23, Allen contacted Eidsvold State School, where the wife worked.

The wife answered the phone and introduced herself.

Allen responded “this is Roslyn Allen” before telling the wife that she had been having a romantic affair with her husband from January 2020 to July 2020.

Allen continued to send messages via social media to the wife, asking her if she had “sorted things out with her husband” and whether he was home.

On April 6, the wife was at her Eidsvold residence when she saw a grey Holden Captiva slowly driving past her house.

She identified Allen as the driver.

The wife was fearful as she had never disclosed her address to Allen and she subsequently contacted police.

In relation to the stalking of the husband, the prosecution said he was a friend of Allen’s brother.

The prosecution said the husband recalled having a conversation with Allen at the rodeo in January.

During the period of her offending, Allen used her mobile phone to call the husband’s mobile phone with a “blocked” caller identification about 15 times.

The husband refused to answer the “blocked” calls except for one time when he did answer, and he identified Allen as the person on the other end.

He told Allen to stop calling but she continued calling using a blocked ID.

Allen’s solicitor said Allen had explained it as “a love triangle gone wrong.”

“Going back in her youth, this particular male person (the husband) was actually her boyfriend and she had been going out with him for some time,” the solicitor said.

“She had been having a romantic affair with one of these victims - the male victim of course - and she was infatuated by him and wanted to keep that going.

“I don’t think she appreciated the extent of her actions - her mind was clouded by the fact that she was infatuated with this person that she had as a partner back many years ago.”

The solicitor said Allen no longer had anything to do with the two victims.

Magistrate Jason Schubert noted that Allen had four dishonesty offences on her history.

“Whether or not this affair occurred, you told police that you were making the phone calls so that the victim knew, you said you wanted to warn her.

“You did so, but then you continued to make phone calls to both victims, even when they both told you to stop it.

“There appears no purpose to that offending.

“There’s 40-plus messages to the female victim, including you calling her when she was at her work.

“You drive past the residence of the victim.”

Mr Schubert placed Allen on 15 months’ probation with conditions.

He also put Allen on a good behaviour order for three years with a $1000 recognisance.

Police made no submissions in relation to a restraining order and Mr Schubert subsequently said he would not make one.