Jeremy Vine: My jailed stalker Alex Belfield says he'll be back

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Broadcaster Jeremy Vine attacked social media companies saying his stalker posted a video promising to come back.

Alex Belfield was sentenced to five and a half years last week after being found guilty of harassing four people.

He posted videos and messages online about his victims and encouraged his followers to target them. leaving it "broken".

The BBC Radio 2 presenter, 57, said Belfield - a 42-year-old former BBC local radio presenter - took him to a "really unsanitary place" and described his YouTube channel as a "fountain of hate".

He said: "I I was afraid of what he could do for my family. I was afraid because you have to think about corners with this stuff.

"And , you know, we've seen MPs stabbed, MPs killed, important people attacked. So I'm not trying to give myself undue status here, but I had to think about it."

Asked about the behavior of social media giants YouTube and Twitter during the ordeal, Vine said was "amazed" at how difficult it was to get YouTube to take action.

"They're pulling individual videos, and then when he is convicted, they demonetize him. But half of the videos about me are still there," he said.

Because Belfield told his viewers to copy and share the videos, they'll be "always there," Vine said, adding, "I have to live with that."

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