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Scorned doctor admits to harassing her Tinder date by sending thousands of angry text messages
By Adam Mccleery and Hannah Moore For Daily Mail Australia and Australian Associated Press 05:08 GMT 28 Oct 2019 , updated 05:16 GMT 28 Oct 2019
A scorned Sydney doctor accused of sending thousands of messages to her former Tinder date and his loved ones has pleaded guilty to four harassment-related offences.
Denise Jane Lee sent 9000 texts to Matthew Holberton, his new girlfriend and their family members.
Lee was due to face a five-day hearing in the Downing Centre Local Court on Monday but, after hours of negotiations between her lawyer and the prosecutor, she admitted four of 10 charges.
The 40-year-old radiologist, who was arrested in February 2017, pleaded guilty to three counts of using a carriage service in 2015 to harass or menace or offend and one count of intimidation.
Denise Jane Lee (pictured) was due to face a five-day hearing in the Downing Centre Local Court on Monday but, after hours of negotiations between her lawyer and the prosecutor, she admitted four of 10 charges
Police prosecutor Amin Assaad withdrew the remaining six charges of using a carriage service, intimidation and contravening an AVO.
The couple had a 'very, very brief relationship', before Mr Holberton moved away from Sydney in February 2016 to live in Melbourne.
In Melbourne he began dating Georgia Dempster, who was a PhD candidate at Melbourne University.
When Lee was arrested, she was found with social media pictures of Mr Holberton, tracking data from his cycling routes, and information about his friends.
Denise Jane Lee (pictured) was accused of sending 9000 texts to Matthew Holberton, his new girlfriend and their family members
Emails were also sent to Ms Dempster's mother, Robin Bell, Ms Bell's colleagues at Monash University, her father, Robert Dempster and his colleagues.
The court was told the correspondence was so distressing that some of Lee's victims were contemplating suicide.
Magistrate Michael Barko earlier in October refused a defence application for the charges to be dismissed on mental health grounds.
He described the evidence he saw as 'vile' and followed up by saying it had a 'very real impact' on the victims.
'Taking into account all the relevant materials … I'm satisfied that at least now the defendant is not a mentally ill person,' he said.
The 40-year-old radiologist, who was arrested in February 2017, pleaded guilty to three counts of using a carriage service in 2015 to harass or menace or offend and one count of intimidation (stock image)
The parties will now prepare an agreed statement of facts with the case listed for a directions hearing on Tuesday.
Sen Sgt Assaad said the emails questioned Ms Dempster's integrity, looks and her relationship with Mr Holberton'.
Sen Sgt Assaad told the court her behaviour was 'nothing but stalking'.
By Adam Mccleery and Hannah Moore For Daily Mail Australia and Australian Associated Press 05:08 GMT 28 Oct 2019 , updated 05:16 GMT 28 Oct 2019
A scorned Sydney doctor accused of sending thousands of messages to her former Tinder date and his loved ones has pleaded guilty to four harassment-related offences.
Denise Jane Lee sent 9000 texts to Matthew Holberton, his new girlfriend and their family members.
Lee was due to face a five-day hearing in the Downing Centre Local Court on Monday but, after hours of negotiations between her lawyer and the prosecutor, she admitted four of 10 charges.
The 40-year-old radiologist, who was arrested in February 2017, pleaded guilty to three counts of using a carriage service in 2015 to harass or menace or offend and one count of intimidation.
Denise Jane Lee (pictured) was due to face a five-day hearing in the Downing Centre Local Court on Monday but, after hours of negotiations between her lawyer and the prosecutor, she admitted four of 10 charges
Police prosecutor Amin Assaad withdrew the remaining six charges of using a carriage service, intimidation and contravening an AVO.
The couple had a 'very, very brief relationship', before Mr Holberton moved away from Sydney in February 2016 to live in Melbourne.
In Melbourne he began dating Georgia Dempster, who was a PhD candidate at Melbourne University.
When Lee was arrested, she was found with social media pictures of Mr Holberton, tracking data from his cycling routes, and information about his friends.
Denise Jane Lee (pictured) was accused of sending 9000 texts to Matthew Holberton, his new girlfriend and their family members
Emails were also sent to Ms Dempster's mother, Robin Bell, Ms Bell's colleagues at Monash University, her father, Robert Dempster and his colleagues.
The court was told the correspondence was so distressing that some of Lee's victims were contemplating suicide.
Magistrate Michael Barko earlier in October refused a defence application for the charges to be dismissed on mental health grounds.
He described the evidence he saw as 'vile' and followed up by saying it had a 'very real impact' on the victims.
'Taking into account all the relevant materials … I'm satisfied that at least now the defendant is not a mentally ill person,' he said.
The 40-year-old radiologist, who was arrested in February 2017, pleaded guilty to three counts of using a carriage service in 2015 to harass or menace or offend and one count of intimidation (stock image)
The parties will now prepare an agreed statement of facts with the case listed for a directions hearing on Tuesday.
Sen Sgt Assaad said the emails questioned Ms Dempster's integrity, looks and her relationship with Mr Holberton'.
Sen Sgt Assaad told the court her behaviour was 'nothing but stalking'.
