Alex Belfield: former BBC presenter jailed for harassment
Alex Belfield: former BBC presenter jailed for harassment
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A former radio presenter from the BBC found guilty of harassing four people, including broadcaster Jeremy Vine, was jailed for five and a half years. online.
His trial heard he made YouTube videos about them, posted social media posts, sent emails and encouraged his followers to target them.
The judge said one of his victims nearly committed suicide.
Belfield had harassed this victim, Bernard Spedding, BBC Radio Northampton presenter, for nine years and some of his supporters had sent him death threats.
"He was seconds away from killing himself as a result of your conduct," the judge, Judge Saini, told Belfield.
"You made this l and the confident radio presenter lost all zest for life and turned it into a shell." or watching its victims, the effects were equally damaging.
"The harassment you committed was not the conventional type popularized in the press," he said.
A former radio presenter from the BBC found guilty of harassing four people, including broadcaster Jeremy Vine, was jailed for five and a half years. online.
His trial heard he made YouTube videos about them, posted social media posts, sent emails and encouraged his followers to target them.
The judge said one of his victims nearly committed suicide.
Belfield had harassed this victim, Bernard Spedding, BBC Radio Northampton presenter, for nine years and some of his supporters had sent him death threats.
"He was seconds away from killing himself as a result of your conduct," the judge, Judge Saini, told Belfield.
"You made this l and the confident radio presenter lost all zest for life and turned it into a shell." or watching its victims, the effects were equally damaging.
"The harassment you committed was not the conventional type popularized in the press," he said.
Image source, PA Media
