Creep called girls

KIM WATERS
A CONVICTED sex creep stalked three young girls after seeing them in a Geelong newspaper, a court heard this week.
But a suppression order has prevented the media identifying him or his whereabouts.
Detective Senior Constable Amanda Evans told Geelong Magistrates Court parents of a young girl contacted police on June 18 after a man calling himself Peter Gray made a lewd phone call to their daughter.
Snr Const Evans said the man made lewd sexual suggestions. The girl answered “That’s disgusting” before telling him to “p..s off”.
Snr Const Evans said a second parent called a day later complaining a man phoned his 14-year-old daughter and asked her for “phone sex”.
He mentioned the newspaper article, the court heard.
Police received a third call from a concerned father saying a man had phoned him twice asking to speak with his daughter.
All three girls appeared in the same article with their full names and suburbs, Snr Const Evans said.
Police identified the caller as a man under a supervision order for prior sexual offences.
Snr Const Evans said police executed a search warrant at his address, seizing three mobile phones and a copy of the newspaper article with a White Pages on a dining room table.
Police charged the man with using a carriage service to offend and stalking.
“This has caused three families extreme apprehension and fear,” Snr Const Evans said.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Peter Beard said the accused had similar prior convictions dating back to 1995.
Magistrate Ann McGarvie refused bail.