Jodie Talbot charged with harassment after calling ex 90 times

A young woman called her ex-boyfriend in a rage 90 times in 13 hours after her friends allegedly spotted him with his new girlfriend at a local restaurant. Sydney flight attendant Jodie Talbot got a steep fine after saying she made a “massive mistake”.

• Brighton: alleged hijacker’s violent past
• Sylvania drug HQ hidden by bookshelf

A young woman called her ex-boyfriend in a rage 90 times in 13 hours after her friends allegedly spotted him with his new girlfriend at a local restaurant.

Police say flight attendant and restaurant manager Jodie Talbot, 20, had been harassing her ex-boyfriend of two years for five months since he started seeing someone else earlier this year.

Talbot and the man had been apart for eight months when she began messaging his new girlfriend and other friends as her “persistent harassing behaviour intensified”.

Miranda flight attendant Jodie Talbot, 20.

“On July 6 from 8.13am until 9.20pm (Talbot) a total of 90 phone calls from her mobile to the victim’s mobile,” agreed police facts stated.

“The victim answered approximately 10 of the calls to tell the accused to stop calling and during these calls the accused was screaming and yelling at the victim.”

Talbot pleaded guilty at Sutherland Local Court to using a phone to menace or harass and was fined $1500.

She was also subjected to an apprehended violence order for two years to protect her ex-boyfriend.

Talbot was fined $1500 for using her mobile phone to menace or harass.

“Police fear without intervention the accused will continue to harass the victim, causing him emotional distress,” agreed police facts stated.

“As a result of the ongoing harassment the victim feels anxious when his phone rings.”

Magistrate Les Mabbutt said the Miranda woman had been placed on a six-month good behaviour bond at Wollongong District Court just three weeks earlier for driving while suspended due to unpaid fines.

“A good behaviour bond is a good behaviour bond,” Mr Mabbutt told Talbot.

“You can’t make people have a relationship with you and you won’t always get the answers you want.”

Talbot also called her ex-boyfriend’s mother on the night of the incident.

Talbot also called the victim’s mother on a private number the same night to ask if she had been at a Cronulla restaurant with the victim and his new girlfriend that night, before the victim took one final call from her.

“The victim put the call on loudspeaker so the witness could hear the conversation, during which Talbot was intensely screaming and yelling,” agreed police facts stated.

“The victim said ‘leave me alone, leave (my girlfriend) alone, and leave my mates alone’.”

Talbot told the court she was very sorry.

“I’ve learned from this and I want no contact with him whatsoever,” Talbot said.

“I’m trying to move forward in my life, I’ve made a massive mistake and I have to deal with that.”

Love local news? Subscribe now to the St George Shire Standard and join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.