Former council worker turned stalker Robert Mervyn Wecker jailed for terrifying domestic violence crimes

A former regional council worker’s campaign of terror was revealed in court, which included a terrifying incident where the stalker showed up to his ex-partner’s home armed with an axe.

Robert Wecker appeared at the Toowoomba District Court on June 6, 2025, and pleaded guilty to stalking and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Picture: iStock

A Toowoomba court has been told a former regional council worker, with a concerning history of lashing out against women who reject him, showed up at his ex-partner’s home armed with an axe.

The 47-year-old man, Robert Mervyn Wecker, stalked, intimidated, abused, and harassed the woman over two months in 2024.

Toowoomba District Court was told at the time of the ‘terrifying’ domestic violence offence, Wecker was on a suspended jail term for stalking a different woman.

Robert Wecker appeared at the Toowoomba District Court on June 6, 2025, and pleaded guilty to stalking and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Picture: Kevin Farmer

Crown prosecutor Hamish McIntyre said the stalking behaviour was “surprisingly persistent” and “quite concerning”, noting Wecker continued to stalk the woman despite being arrested and charged by police.

The court was told the stalking began after the breakdown of a relationship, where Wecker went to the woman’s home, approached her in her car, and sent threatening messages.

On one occasion, Wecker left an axe on the woman’s doorstep after using it to carve a message into concrete, and another time he left a threatening note and attached it to a chocolate bar.

The court was told he also sent a message to a family member of the woman stating he was going to end her life, and tried to persuade a man, who witnessed him going to the home, to redact a police statement.

Wecker’s barrister Tristan Carlos said the usually law-abiding citizen had good prospects of rehabilitation, and said Wecker’s methamphetamine use had contributed to his behaviour.

He said the hardworking Wilsonton man began using the drug following a back injury in 2012, for energy to “get up and keep moving”.

Judge Dennis Lynch KC said Wecker would be returned to jail if he continued to use drugs in the community as it would form part of his parole conditions upon hin release.

Judge Dennis Lynch KC told Wecker his behaviour and treatment of former partners were unacceptable and would not be tolerated by the courts.
He warned the father of four that if he couldn’t work past his rejection issues and continue to be a “pest,” the community would demand he spend more time in jail.

On Wednesday, June 16, Wecker pleaded guilty to stalking and attempting to pervert the course of justice and was sentenced to a three-year jail term, with the 357 days he spent in pre-sentence custody declared time served.

He was also sentenced to serve the nine-month suspended sentence he breached, which related to a different stalking crime.

As the jail terms were ordered to run concurrently, he was deemed eligible for release on parole.