Jamie Eric Thompson, Clayton Lloyd Munro plead guilty to stalking offences

Two regional men have learned their fate after spending months in custody on remand for stalking offences against former partners after a breaking up. Read the shocking details.

Two men spent time in custody on remand for stalking their most recent partner after a break up.

Two men have learned their fate after spending time in custody on remand for stalking their former partner after a breaking up.

Jamie Eric Thompson

A convicted stalker lashed out at his former partner after she ended their relationship including making violent threats “to kick her f---ing head in”.

Jamie Eric Thompson will be out on parole on December 5, 2022 after spending eight months in custody on remand.

Mackay District Court heard the then 45 year old and his victim had been in an eight-week relationship that ended in about February 2022.

The following month his conduct began and included 37 phone calls from a private number over two days, four “aggressive and threatening” voicemails, six text messages and seven emails from four different accounts which threatened her safety over seven weeks.

His abuse included an email where he wrote “you need to be taught a lesson … your time is coming soon” and two voicemails where he “threatened to kick her f---ing head in” and “I’d advise you probably stay the f– k away from me cause I will probably f---ing hurt you”.

The court heard he also loitered nearby while she was at a bar in Airlie Beach and he twice went to her workplace for no other reason than to intimidate her.

Thompson, 46, pleaded guilty to stalking with threats of violence between March 15 and April 7, 2022 at Airlie Beach.

The offending had a significant impact on his victim, who the court heard remained jumpy and no longer went out as much.

The court heard he suffered from bipolar and had not been complying with his medication at the time of the offending, but had made efforts to improve himself while in custody.

Defence barrister Scott McLennan said his client, who ran his own boat maintenance company, had lost his business while in custody.

“There’s been some punishment there,” Mr McLennan said.

“He clearly needs to complete a course for domestic violence perpetrators and a course in relation to health relationships and healthy communications.”

The court heard Thompson also had two prior entries for stalking, including against an ex over nine months where he sent her “threatening and aggressive” emails from 55 different addresses such as “[e-mail] (and) [e-mail]”.

Mr McLennan said his client had believed the victim had been “bad mouthing” him around Airlie Beach and that she had been “stalking him”, sending him messages with accurate details of his movements.

Thompson was jailed for two years with parole release on December 2. A conviction was recorded.

Clayton Lloyd Munro

When Clayton Lloyd Munro’s former partner broke up with him he set personal items on fire outside her home.

Aged 45, he then stalked her for two days in March 2022 at Moranbah returning to her home 10 times – on his final visit before his arrest he even turned the power off when he couldn’t get her attention.

Mackay District Court heard the pair had only been in a short relationship before she ended it and told him to leave her house where he had been living.

He had been released on parole, which had been cancelled in January 2022 for terrible performance and he was “at large” at the time of the offending.

Now 46, Munro pleaded guilty via videolink to unlawful stalking between March 13 and 17, 2022 and endangering property by fire on March 14, 2022 at Moranbah.

Barrister Scott McLennan said his client “reacted very poorly” and had been suicidal when he poured the fuel and lit the fire.

The court heard he had spent more than 200 days in custody but only 143 days were declarable.

In that time he had engaged with a psychiatrist to deal with his issues including drug use.

The court heard he had a previous entry for stalking on his criminal history and had spent

Munro said, “It’s time for me to wake up to myself and do the right thing.”

He was jailed for 12 months with immediate parole release.

Convictions were recorded.

Originally published as Jamie Eric Thompson, Clayton Lloyd Munro plead guilty to stalking offences