Peter Connell faced Brisbane court after stalking teenage girl and woman

A 16-year-old girl has been left traumatised after a man, who allegedly believed he had to have “satanic sex” with 150 women, stalked her home.

Peter Henry Connell, 31. Picture: Facebook

A teenage girl and a woman have been targeted by the same stalker, who allegedly believed he had to have “satanic sex” with 150 women, within half an hour of each other in different popular Brisbane suburbs.

Peter Henry Connell, 31, of Meadowbrook appeared via video-link from Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday, April 6 and pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful stalking and one of common assault.

It was previously alleged by police prosecutors during Connell’s application for bail, which was refused, that his illegal conduct followed “a message after a nine-year-long fight against satan that he would have to have satanic sex with 150 women”.

Connell targeted his first victim, a 16-year-old girl, as she walked to her home in Holland Park – about two hours after allegedly receiving the “message”.

Prosecutor Sergeant Martin Payne said she felt “a great amount of fear” as Connell followed her for “some time”, muttering to himself and asking her where she lived.

“The child didn’t respond (and) continued walking past her home address so the defendant wouldn’t know where she lived,” Sgt Payne said.

“At some point the victim’s father has attended in a vehicle …”

The child stepped into the car as Connell approached a window, telling the father he was helping her get home.

After a heated verbal exchange between the two men, the child’s dad took a photo of Connell and Connell walked away.

Just half an hour later, the then-30-year-old offended a second time against a different victim who was taking an afternoon walk through Coorparoo.

The Magistrates Court in Brisbane.Picture: NCA Newswire / Dan Peled

Sgt Payne said the woman felt Connell grab her right shoulder and pull it backwards. She told him to “go away” but he continued to “follow” and “harass” her so she went to a nearby house for help.

The court heard Connell remained outside and did not leave. The woman called her partner who attended a short time later and threatened to call the police.

“What are they going to do?” the court heard Connell asked.

“It’s her word against mine.”

Police were contacted and attended and Connell denied the allegations.

Sgt Payne raised that, in both instances, the conduct only ceased following intervention by a third party. He asked Magistrate Joseph Pinder to consider Connell had a history of “concerning” offending.

Defence lawyer Greg Lutvey told the court his client had no explanation for his actions but accepted “it was the wrong thing to do” and that he would have frightened his victims.

He said Connell was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2015 and needed daily medication. It was expected he would be transferred to a hospital before being released into the community.

Mr Pinder described Connell’s conduct as “extremely concerning”, noting his pleas of guilty were “not the earliest” and his level of co-operation with authorities in their investigations of the matters was low.

Connell was sentenced to 349 days’ jail for each stalking offence and six months’ jail for the assault, to be served concurrently, with immediate parole release. Convictions were recorded.