Stalker footy fan Steven Robert Elworthy jailed for attack
A CRAZED footy fan who gouged the face of a Richmond cheer squad leader is the same man who has harassed women and relentlessly stalked former AFL champion David Schwarz.
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A CRAZED footy fan who spat at and gouged the face of a Richmond cheer squad leader has been revealed as the same man who has harassed women and relentlessly stalked former AFL champion and media identity David Schwarz.
Convicted criminal and Geelong supporter Steven Robert Elworthy has been sentenced to 45 days in jail for the vicious assault on Brett Beattie, a Tigers fan and regular caller to SEN radio, better known as “Trout from Woodend”.
Elworthy, of Mill Park, had already served time for stalking and just a week before his latest sentence he was in court again on similar charges, for which he was fined just $500.
Mr Beattie said Elworthy “hunted” him down, with security footage showing the obsessive man waiting at the back of the cheer squad during the August 14 match at Kardinia Park last year.
“He attacked me because I was an SEN caller. I didn’t know him, he actually came down screaming and carrying on and saying, “Where is Trout from Woodend, where is he?” Mr Beattie told the Sunday Herald Sun.
“And he sprayed me for about 40 seconds, gave me a (verbal) blast … and he spat in my face and my eye and my mouth.”
Mr Beattie, 53, said he held on to the enraged Geelong fan who then tried to punch him before the pair tumbled down the stairs.
“And he started gouging my face so I tried to get him off and he got ripped off and the coppers got him,” he said.
Victims have told the Sunday Herald Sun they fear for their safety as Elworthy’s erratic behaviour escalates despite him being charged previously on more than 100 counts of stalking and related offences.
It is believed the obsessive man could now be slapped with a life ban from all Geelong games, with the violent incident likely to be raised at next month’s board meeting.