Kade Jones leaves the Brisbane District Court after pleading guilty to two counts of using a carriage service to harass after he abused and threatened Virgin airline staff over the phone. Photo / AAP
Kade Jones leaves the Brisbane District Court after pleading guilty to two counts of using a carriage service to harass after he abused and threatened Virgin airline staff over the phone. Photo / AAP
A ghost hunter who made phone calls to Virgin airline workers then abused, demeaned and threatened them over the phone was deemed too fat for jail.
Paranormal investigator Kade Jones told the Brisbane District Court he was in too much pain to stand in court to plead guilty to twocounts of using a carriage service to harass, AAP reported.
The court heard he abused and threatened staff at the airline in June 2017, leaving them feeling scared, belittled, upset and degraded.
Jones refused to identify himself on the call, but proceeded to threaten staff with legal action, made racial slurs and refused to believe he was talking to someone based in Brisbane.
AAP reported Jones had already been placed on a watch list with the airline, which banned him from flying with them in 2010 after he made a number of calls to the company.
Jones also had been convicted of similar offences on three other occasions dating back to 1998.
Jones' lawyer Rob Glenday told the court prison would be too difficult for his client, who suffered a serious back injury in 2004, due to his complicated obesity, AAP reported.
Judge Vicki Loury slammed Jones's actions as offensive, threatening and racist.