GPS monitoring for Mandurah teen who sent 100s of messages
Singh Agamveer, 18, pleaded guilty at Mandurah Magistrates Court on Tuesday to pursuing another with the intent to intimidate.
This offence has a maximum penalty of two years in prison or $24,000 fine.
Police Prosecutor First Class Cons. Kat Anderson told the court that Agamveer's ex-girlfriend ended their four-month-long relationship in May this year.
She told Agamveer she did not want to speak to him. Despite this, Agamveer sent her 173 messages via Snapchat over a 24-hour period.
When she blocked him, Agamveer began sending her messages via Instagram.
After being blocked on Instagram, he began messaging the girl's mother.
Agamveer also showed up at Top Floor Nightclub looking for the girl and asking mutual friends for her whereabouts.
'The messages were not threatening, but they were persistent, and not heeding her asking him to stop,' Cons. Anderson said.
In all, Agamveer sent 460 messages and was served with a VRO on June 20.
Agamveer's lawyer explained that this was her client's first relationship and said he was contacting the victim looking for 'closure'.
His lawyer applied for a spent conviction as Agamveer hoped to complete an electrical engineering degree in the future.
Magistrate Leanne Atkins took a long time considering a spent conviction.
'I do not find this a trivial offence,' Ms Atkins said.
'But you are of prior good character, and I do note your age… it is a difficult decision to make.
'But an 18-year-old should be able to get on with her life without 460 messages, so I am not prepared to exercise a spent conviction.
'It was a rude awakening for you to realise your behaviour was a criminal offence.'
Ms Atkins said it was an extraordinary number of messages.
'She told you to stay away and you didn't, you were told by her what she wanted, but you wouldn't take no for an answer,' Ms Atkins added.
'She blocked you on one, so you went to another, she told you to leave her alone, she told you she didn't want you, and you didn't listen to her.'
Agamveer was placed on a community-based order for one year, with program and supervision requirements, and will be subject to electronic monitoring during that time.
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