A man considered dangerous over his violent sexual mindset trapped a young woman doing a solo gym session in central Albury, a court has heard.
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The woman was too frightened to leave the Club Lime gym in Dean Street as Bradley Grant Burns was staring at her through a front window.
After she eventually left, Burns stood in front of her car.
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She took her chance to drive off when he briefly stepped out of the way of her car, only to have the 45-year-old cycle up beside her as she waited at traffic lights.
"As a result of this incident," police told Albury Local Court on Monday, "the victim felt sick and violated."
Police concerns were based on similar offending from Burns - who is in Junee jail, bail refused - and over sexually offensive internet searches on his phone.
He was convicted in 2018 of stalking or intimidation after exposing his penis to a random jogger while "making suggestive comments" to the woman.
The same year he was jailed for offensive behaviour after showing a woman a photo of a penis on his phone while making similar comments.
The court was told the 22-year-old victim of the latest offending went to the gym on July 3 about 4am and trained with other members, who all left at 5am.
She then saw Burns looking through the window, trying to get her attention.
She tried to ignore him and then, police said, "heard the accused yelling out 'keep going' and references to her 'butt'".
She also saw him using a torch to look over her car.
More members arrived at 6am so she left only to have her car blocked by Burns, who asked for her number and said: "I enjoyed watching you from the outside."
He held out his mobile phone but she couldn't catch what was on the screen.
When he was arrested the following day, police found two images on the now-smashed phone of the victim lifting weights.
Burns pleaded guilty to stalking or intimidation and to being a pedestrian blocking a driver's path.
He will be sentenced on September 6.
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