A REPEAT woman offender who tried to contact her recent ex-partner 242 times in just over two days has been placed on a good behaviour bond.
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Belinda Kate McDonald, 30, of Hopetoun Road, Warrnambool, pleaded guilty in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court to stalking.
She has again manage to avoid a conviction although she has a prior court appearance for similar offending.
Police said that McDonald and the victim had met earlier this year, he moved in and they split up all in the space of two months.
On March 7 he moved out.
Two days later McDonald made 15 calls to him and sent 56 text messages, the following day 49 calls and sent 27 texts and the next day called 88 times and sent 77 texts.
The texts received some threatening comments.
The victim changed his telephone number, altered his social media identity and reported the contacts to police.
McDonald admitted to police she may have gone over the top, but she wanted the man's belongings out of her home and she claimed he owed her money.
Defence counsel Belinda Northey said McDonald had a borderline personality disorder and an intervention order was now in place which had not been breached.
Magistrate Peter Mellas said relationships ending could be difficult but McDonald needed to better deal with such situations.