A young Wodonga man who became so obsessed with a girl he knew from school that he flooded her with texts has been refused bail.
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Liam James Singh was told by magistrate Richard Funston on Tuesday that the risk to the victim from him being at liberty was too great.
There was concern that Singh, who also sent threats via the victim's brother, would continue to offend.
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"It's too serious," he said, after Singh pleaded guilty to intimidation and two charges of using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend.
Mr Funston said he needed a sentence assessment report on Singh, who the court heard had autism and also suffered from a range of mental health issues, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
"I know all of this, that he's got serious mental health issues," he said.
"But the reality is he's continuing to commit serious offences."
The court was told that Singh and the victim, who was 17, knew each other from high school, but had never been in a relationship.
The school, police said, had to "implement strategies" as a result of Singh becoming "increasingly obsessed with the victim".
She was forced to block Singh because of the messages he sent via the Snapchat and Instagram mobile phone applications.
"The accused now sends Snapchat pictures to friends of the victim, with pictures of her family and videos of them at their home, filmed from the vacant block next door," police said.
Because he had a wrong number, a series of messages he sent to her in late January were instead received by one of her friends.
The messages included the comments "I miss you", "send me tit pics and stuff" and "take the money slut".
On January 25, he sent the victim $1800 via another app, but she knew it was him and returned the money.
Messages sent to her brother included "they're mine, your mum and sisters are all mine, mine, mine" and "you know what I'm going to do, I'm going to kidnap her".
The stalking involved Singh parking his car all day close to her home on January 31, then the following two days.
When the victim's mother approached him and asked what he was doing then told him to leave, Singh replied: "Well, do something about it."
The mother told Singh her children had had enough of him "and your threatening messages need to stop".
Singh will be sentenced on April 14.
