For Martin Turner had a fascination for workmen wearing big boots, a court was told.

This resulted in him picking tradesmens' numbers at random from Yellow Pages and bombarding them with texts and calls.

Turner would ring the workmen and plead with them to come round and stand on parts of his body with their boots.

The 39-year-old, of Lord Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, pleaded guilty to four offences of harassment.

His victims were plumber, John Elrick, roofer, Ray Morris, gardener, Keith Urwin, and property developer, Peter Leonard.

The offences took place between September 2005 and April this year.

Prosecutor, Martine Connah, said all the workmen received numerous texts and calls from Turner of an inappropriate nature.

The messages included Turner asking the men what kind of boots they had on and requesting they stand on his fingers, face and genitals with their boots.

All the workers asked Turner to stop making the calls, but he carried on.

When interviewed Turner told police that some men he called, not the complainants, did visit him for what he called "fun".

Michael Ball, defending, said his client, who had no previous convictions, now realised his behaviour had been wrong and there would be no repetition of it.

Mr Ball added: "He has something of a thing for men who work in the construction industry and it seems work boots feature large in this fantasy. I understand it has something to do with domination.

"For many years he kept these thoughts in his own head. He then started contacting people at random, taking their numbers out of yellow pages.

"Unless any of these workmen were very sensitive souls, I do not think they would have been caused extreme upset. I would think they would find the calls laughable."

Magistrates bailed Turner for reports.