Jason Alan Golding jailed for 10-day ordeal against ex-partner in Geraldton

A Geraldton man stalked his ex-partner, shared “revenge porn” of her, and then broke into her home begging her to lie to police to get the charges dropped — all because he couldn’t accept their relationship had ended. Jason Alan Golding was sentenced to a 44-month jail term last Friday in the District Court over the 10-day stalking ordeal which Judge Andrew Stavrianou said would have been “terrifying” for the victim. The 31-year-old had earlier this year pleaded guilty to aggravated stalking, distributing intimate images without consent, attempting to pervert justice, deprivation of liberty, and aggravated home burglary for his actions in November last year. The court was told Golding first sent intimate photos of the woman to a Kik message group on November 12 and 13 with the taglines #GeraldtonFun and #fishstick88 after the relationship ended. Golding also pretended to be the woman in a sexual conversation with another Kik user, sending three intimate images of the victim and receiving images in return of the man he deceived in the practice known as “catfishing”. Despite being slapped with a restraining order, Golding then tried to coerce his former partner to drop the charges on multiple occasions by contacting her and showing up at her house. Nine days later, on November 21 he broke into her home, begged her to drop the charges, and for an hour prevented her from contacting the police or leaving. Golding eventually left after the woman assured him she wouldn’t tell the cops what had happened. He was arrested the following day. A search warrant of his home found about 20,000 images and videos of the victim. The court was told Golding was using methamphetamine at the time and had an inability to accept the relationship had ended. In sentencing, Judge Stavrianou said he had read a victim impact statement from the woman which highlighted her experience of “significant terror during the course of these offences”. “Your conduct was persistent and extended over a period of about 10 days,” he said. “She had made it very clear that she didn’t want to have any contact with you. “There’s no doubt this would have been a terrifying incident.” Golding was sentenced to a cumulative term of three years and eight months jail, and will be eligible for parole next September.