Stefan Calvert: Frankston train creep blames sex acts on thrush
Snake on a train: A vile V/Line passenger who did dirty deeds with his daks around his ankles says he is “very, very sorry”.
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A sexually depraved pervert who played with himself in public view of a terrified train commuter has been placed on the sex offenders register.
Stefan Calvert kept on moving around a carriage before sitting close to a woman passenger and touching his genitalia in a sick sex act.
The unemployed 52-year-old pleaded guilty to directing sexual activity and stalking charges at the Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
The court heard on January 25 this year Calvert got on the Shepparton to Melbourne V/Line train.
He initially sat quite far away from the woman, the only other person in the first class carriage, but then got up and moved around before settling on a seat nearer to her.
She had a nap, but then woke up feeling uneasy.
She turned to look through the gap between her seats to see Calvert performing a sex act with his pants down with his underwear around his ankles.
She was scared and shocked, but felt too frightened to call police and instead texted her mum to meet her at the next station.
The train stopped at Seymour and the terrified victim got off and ran towards V/Line staff for help.
One of the workers then went to the carriage and through a window saw Calvert touching his genitalia in an “up and down motion”.
Police soon arrived and he was arrested.
Calvert denied doing anything wrong and was bailed.
But later the same day he called police and said he may have been touching his groin area, but that was because it was itchy and he had been applying cream to treat a bout of thrush.
The woman’s victim impact statement was read aloud in court, revealing she now suffered insomnia and continually replayed the incident in her mind.
She said she has an underlying level of anxiety, was hypervigilant and struggled to travel anywhere on her own.
Calvert told the court he had “no intention of hurting anyone” and was “very, very sorry for distressing the lady”.
His lawyer Sohka Um said his client was a “pleasant and caring man” and was extremely remorseful for his actions.
He said he had serious issues with alcohol addiction, which he was now getting treatment for.
Magistrate Charles Tan said he would not have accepted the thrush explanation, and was still in the dark over why Calvert acted the way he did other than him saying he had been drinking that weekend.
“There was obviously a female in the carriage with you,” Mr Tan said.
“She saw what you did, and it had a considerable adverse effect on her.
“She felt very much trapped, she was concerned what it might escalate to, as to what danger she was in.”
Calvert was ordered to do an 18-month community corrections order with 150 hours of unpaid work and undertake alcohol and sex offender programs.
He was also placed on the sex offenders register for eight years.
