A Napier man arrested for making harassing phone calls to young women had called one victim 108 times in three weeks.
John Wayne Geddes, 31, appeared in the Napier District Court on Tuesday and was sentenced to 18 months' probationary supervision and 100 hours' community work.
He had pleaded guilty to four charges of misuse of a telephone, for which the maximum penalties are 3 months' jail and a $2000 fine.
Geddes also admitted an unrelated charge of taking and using a bank card which was then involved in 18 transactions with spending of about $650 over two days.
The misuse of a telephone charges represented multiple offences, and Judge Tony Adeane issued a final warning that if there were any more, then Geddes would be off to prison.