Ex-bikie Rehn Neil Fraser caused woman to be afraid to answer the phone following harassment campaign

An ex-bikie who harassed a woman to the point she was terrified to answer the phone has had his day in court where it was revealed he only met the victim a month earlier. WARNING: DISTRESSING.

Rehn Neil Fraser outside Warwick Magistrates Court. “In the period of offending he called the victim 17 times at all hours of the day, and night, and the victim was fearful whenever she would see a call from a private number.’’

An ex-bikie who harassed a woman to the degree she was in “fear every time her phone rang” has had his “very disturbing” criminal history revealed in court.

Texas man Rehn Neil Fraser began chatting to a woman in November 2022, but it wasn’t long before he orchestrated a campaign of terror and harassment against the woman over a period of December 12, 2022 to January 9, 2023.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Steve de Lissa told Warwick Magistrates Court the bikie-turned-fisherman began calling the woman from an unknown number.

“In the period of offending he called the victim 17 times at all hours of the day, and night, and the victim was fearful whenever she would see a call from a private number,” the sergeant told the court.

Rehn Neil Fraser outside Warwick Magistrates Court on Wednesday 23 August

Sergeant de Lissa noted that the man had a relevant Queensland criminal history, as well as offending in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria.

In Warwick Magistrates Court, he pleaded guilty to one charge of unlawful stalking.

Defence lawyer Clare Hine said the man first got into drugs at the age of 15 and thus began a “petty crime cycle”.

A former member of a bikie gang, he had escaped from the gang four years ago, coming to Queensland to work on the sea which was a “dream” of his.

Although the “continuous” calls made the victim “live in fear,” Ms Hine said there was no physical assault or face-to-face contact between the man and the victim.

Magistrate Virginia Sturgess said the escalation to offending was “concerning” as the man had only met the woman a matter of weeks before the harassment began.

Ms Sturgess told the man the victim clearly didn’t want the contact, which he continued. She also pointed out he had “quite extensive” history of similar behaviour, including relevant offences in three other states.

“You have a very disturbing history of committing similar offences in different states, the fact you met the victim in a month and then (began stalking her) gives me some concern,” the magistrate told him.

“You are at a very real risk to continue committing offences – it’s up to you to address that.”

The man was sentenced to one month imprisonment but was released immediately on parole, with three months in custody declared as time served.

Originally published as Ex-bikie Rehn Neil Fraser caused woman to be afraid to answer the phone following harassment campaign