Ty Ransome sentenced for campaign of harassment that included calling his victim more than 180 times a day

A successful Mildura business owner has pleaded guilty to a campaign of harassment and violence, including more than 180 phone calls in one day to his victim

Ransome’s actions left the victim traumatised and uncomfortable, the court heard Picture: Generic (istock)

A successful Mildura business owner made more than 180 calls to a woman in just one day, a court has heard.

Ty Ransome, 40, pleaded guilty at Mildura Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to several charges including stalking, common law assault, making threats to kill and criminal damage.

Both the victim and Ransome had supporters in the courtroom.

The court heard on one occasion, Mr Ransome threatened to drown his victim.

“I’ll rip you out of that f — king chair and drown you in that pool.”

During another incident, Mr Ransome punched his victim in the jaw as he snatched her phone away.

Mr Ransome called his victim more than 180 times in a 24-hour period on more than one occasion, and regularly harassed his victim by phone call, text message and email.

Police also said Mr Ransome made false statements about his victim to his large social media following.

Ransome was sentenced to 14 months behind bars at ildura Magistrates’ Court

The woman was in tears at certain points as her victim impact statement was read to the court.

“You tracked me with air tags, surveillance cameras, and you’d take my phone away from me,” the VIS read.

The victim said her experience of the offending left her traumatised and uncomfortable.

Police prosecutor Kristen Simm slammed Ransome’s behaviour, saying he displayed erratic, emotionally manipulative and threatening behaviour.

“(Mr Ransome) has repeatedly shown a lack of remorse. He may have pleaded, but that plea doesn’t amount to remorse,” Ms Simm said.

“He repeatedly minimised his conduct throughout his psych evaluation. This offending warrants an immediate custodial sentence. Anything less would be deemed inadequate,” she said.

Ransome regularly harassed his victim by phone call, text message and email.Picture: Generic (Istock)

Ransome’s lawyer, Rodney Clifford, argued he had done the right thing the whole way through the judicial process.

But Magistrate Rose Falla backed the submissions of the prosecution and sentenced Ransome to prison.

“The only appropriate sentence is one of imprisonment. The totality of the offending is such that its impact will be felt by all for years to come,” Ms Fella said

“This was not an isolated incident and instead was perpetrated over a period of months.”

Ransome was sentenced to 14 months behind bars with a non-parole period of six months.

With five days reckoned as pre-sentence detention, Ransome will be eligible for parole in early April 2025.