Joshua Olding: Masturbating meth addict who terrorized Aussie Broadband’s call center pleads guilty
Masturbating meth addict who terrorized a call center by making repeated calls while enjoying himself admits ‘it’s a disease’
- Joshua Stephen Olding, 32, pleaded guilty
- Meth addict admitted he had a ‘disease’
A meth addict who masturbated and breathed heavily over the phone in front of female call center workers for 18 months has admitted, “It’s a disease.”
Joshua Stephen Olding, 32, of Summerhill, Tasmania, pleaded guilty this week to eight counts of using a carriage service to threaten, harass or offend in Launceston Magistrates Court.
Olding’s despicable behavior consisted of calling internet provider Aussie Broadband a total of 25 times between July 2020 and May last year.
Joshua Stephen Olding (pictured), 32, from Summerhill in Tasmania, told police he was “sick” but insisted on hanging up when a male voice answered because he was “not gay”.
On eight of those occasions, a call center operator called, at which point Olding began “breathing heavily” and “making noises that suggested he was masturbating,” they said The Mercury.
Any doubts about what he was up to were dispelled by ending the calls with the words “Oh, I’ll be right over” and “That felt good”.
Olding hung up 17 times when a male voice answered the phone.
The pervert was questioned by police last December after the calls were traced back to his number.
Olding admitted to officers that he “had a problem” and was “usually drunk” when making the calls, and hung up when a man answered because he was “not gay.”
Olding pleaded guilty to eight counts this week in Launceston Magistrates Court of using a carriage service to threaten, harass or offend
“It’s a disease,” Olding told police, the prosecutor told the court.
It’s unclear why he targeted Aussie Broadband with his sick calls as he has no broadband connection whatsoever.
Defense attorney Andrew Lonergan said his client was “deeply remorseful and ashamed” of his conduct.
He said his client lives with mental illnesses including schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder and was exposed to methamphetamine on the street after a falling out with his family five years ago.
Judge Ken Stanton delayed his sentencing decision until June 27 to allow for the preparation of a preliminary report on the defendant.
He also pleaded guilty to two separate assault charges.