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"My initial reaction [to the stalking] was 'He's gone mad'," Mr Spedding told the trial. 'In April last year I collapsed at my home and had to be taken to hospital. The TV presenter labelled him the Jimmy Savile of trolling during the trial, which heard he repeatedly posted or sent abusive messages, videos and emails. Green still works for the BBC but is trying to negotiate a settlement to leave. The verdicts in relation to each complainant were: Giving evidence to the trial, Mr Vine described Belfield's behaviour as "like an avalanche of hatred you get hit by", and "absolutely Olympic-level stalking, even for broadcasting". "Stalking is a crime. Mr Justice Saini, sentencing, told Belfield, who sat taking notes in the dock: Your offences are so serious only a custodial sentence can be justified.. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Why Alex Murdaugh was spared the death penalty, Why Trudeau is facing calls for a public inquiry, The shocking legacy of the Dutch 'Hunger Winter'. Hewis encouraged an entire industry to block me.over lies he endorsed! Port Vale F.C. The court heard the original application was amended to add two more people who did not form part of the criminal trial. Jurors convicted Belfield, of Mapperley, Nottingham, of four charges committed between 2012 and 2021 and for each of these charges, he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, to run consecutively. Who is Alex Belfield and why has he been jailed? Sentencing Belfield, the judge said he had made this highly successful and confident radio presenter lose all joy in life and turned him into a shell He was terrified of you. So scared was Keith that he gave neighbours a copy of Belfields photograph, in case he decided to take his campaign of harassment offline. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. It was classic Belfield. hWmo8+}(fI0He&[%@bwYsun!-Q$m>|(c #*fD((B+AH"9hn@*bJM (XDpn+X [EhA8b0BCJ ]JAD*# vb7kG;?+z]VlMow&k]dY\?2z?|Hzm|umLpM'lU),>9S*sD0xXl&[QdyLUvf% 5nLMY/]B~KJJeLPNAbK Clv/?`x8CG]* WAbZa\kC89ZCR7F-EdOzdoEey1*|z`L8}`! i_}Y/z*}Z4V0j_Zn(XP @C!|D@F;= 4`EwsivT! He told the jury he was seconds away from killing himself. Mr Justice Saini had sentenced Belfield to two-and-a-half years for stalking one of the complainants, Bernie Keith. Belfields final BBC target was Vine, who made the mistake of responding after learning that Belfield had called him and fellow broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire cunts online. First Belfield bawled out the stations beloved gardening correspondent for a perceived act of insubordination, prompting a surge of listener complaints. Although jurors found Belfield not guilty of stalking Liz Green, Rozina Breen, Helen Thomas and Stephanie Hirst, Mr Justice Saini said Belfield had harassed them, and he made restraining orders to protect them in future. BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernie Keith was left feeling suicidal by a "tsunami of hate", the trial heard. Published: 11:08 EST, 21 July 2022 | Updated: 11:22 EST, 21 July 2022. The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. Ex-BBC presenter Alex Belfield's campaign of harassment had left Northampton's Bernie Keith just seconds away from suicide. The judge said Belfield had made "wholly false" allegations about Mr Vine stealing 1,000 of BBC licence payers' money, in a video which was viewed by more than 400,000 people. How much money Belfield made in recent years is unclear. December is a busy month. 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Living on the edge (literally! Furthermore, Alex was handed two-and-a-half years for the charge concerning BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernie Keith and a consecutive two-and-a-half year sentence over the stalking charge . Sometimes these emails included what the judge said were highly offensive and personal comments about their physical appearance, including sexualised comments as well as wholly false allegations that the women had bullied him. Yet, he remains unstable and on air at the BBC. Broadcaster Alex Belfield arrested FIVE times and strip-searched in 'BBC witch-hunt' The Home Secretary has been asked to intervene in an alleged "witch hunt" of a former BBC DJ who has been . Mr Justice Saini said Belfield's campaign of harassment had left Mr Keith just seconds away from dying by suicide. 'I can't remember when I have had a run of good sleep of longer than five hours. He realised what he could do and did it with impunity. 01604 491005. If that way was via abuse, then that was certainly effective in being part of your story. Here's Celebrity Radio's BBC Bernie Keith & Ben Hewis STATEMENTFull statement on legal action & police inquiry - BBC Bernie Keith / Bernard Spedding & Ben Hewis . Belfield was also convicted of the simple stalking of theatre blogger Philip Dehany, who suffered a vicious campaign of abuse. Read about our approach to external linking. Belfield compared his treatment with that of a police officer who had escaped jail despite being convicted of possessing child abuse images. The judge did stop him from interrogating complainants, appointing David Aubrey as a proxy advocate. He hated the thing he loved, or hated other people having success within it.. He loved and hated showbusiness, and if he couldnt be you, hed have you, and be part of you, another way. Here's Celebrity Radio's BBC Bernie Keith & Ben Hewis STATEMENTFull statement on legal action & police inquiry - BBC Bernie Keith / Bernard Spedding & Ben Hewis. Read about our approach to external linking. On Count 5, He had never gone near anyone, he insisted, and was not accused of threatening any violence. In relation to the women, the judge said: "Each of them suffered a campaign of harassment by email and social media communications. He has also been convicted of stalking Bernie Keith and videographer Ben Hewis. The judge made restraining orders in relation to all of the complainants, including those Belfield was not convicted of stalking. "Bearing in mind the need for an overall proportionate sentence and the principle of totality, I am not satisfied that my final overall sentence of five years and 26 weeks would have been substantially higher had I been made aware of the correct legal position on count 5 [the charge relating to Bernie Keith].". Asked by prosecutor John McGuinness QC to explain the personal, professional and health impact of the alleged stalking, Mr Keith responded: 'I had physical threats and, I believe, death threats. 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A former BBC radio presenter has been found guilty of stalking four people including broadcaster Jeremy Vine. You made communications which had serious impacts on the private lives of the complainants, with distressing effects on their mental and physical health. READ MORE:Jury's verdicts delivered in stalking trial of ex-BBC presenter Alex Belfield. The judge told Belfield that while not traditional stalking, his methods were just as effective a way of intimidating victims and in many ways much harder to deal with. y the time Belfield began tormenting Dehany in 2020 he had become a successful YouTuber who could have been earning up to 528,000 a year, according to Social Blade, a website that monitors social media channels. He also agreed with Mr Vines characterisation that the ex-DJ had weaponised the internet against those he targeted. I dont think that stuff even bothered him.. Mr Vine labelled him "the Jimmy Savile of trolling" during the trial which heard he repeatedly posted or sent abusive messages, videos and emails. The morning of his sentencing, Belfield had sat silent in the dock at Nottingham crown court as barrister David Aubrey KC finally mitigated on his behalf. A civil stalking order is being pursued at the magistrates' court against former BBC DJ Alex Belfield, from Mapperley, who is now serving a sentence of more than five years in prison for his shameful conduct online. In October 2020, Belfield spread a false rumour that he was having an affair with a fellow BBC radio presenter, using it as part of his ongoing campaign against the national broadcaster. She was looking for a new presenter to liven up the mid-morning show and thought Belfield, who was working for BBC Hereford and Worcester, was the man for the job. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Ms Breen tweeted that she was glad to finally have justice after 10 years. 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Breen left this summer to become editor-in-chief at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. "In some cases this has extended to death threats," he said. Resolved: Release in which this issue/RFE has been resolved. ', After describing how he had considered taking his own life, he told the jury: 'I just couldn't do it. Aaron Sidwell was smart enough to retract his comments immediately: Phillip Dehany refuses to delete his post/vlog repeating the lies and endorsing Hewis. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Prosecutors allege that Belfield, 42, caused serious alarm or distress to Vine, former BBC Radio Leeds mid-morning show host Stephanie Hirst, and BBC Radio Northampton's Bernie Keith. All he had done, he suggested, was challenge people who had said things I believed to be untrue. This apology does not make it OK. The fact we were asked to ignore potentially criminal evidence is an issue. Online stalkers like you have the ability to recruit an army of followers whose conduct massively expands the effect of your stalking. Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this article! The email contained 7 blatant (easily disprovable) malicious lies. One of the alleged victims - TV and radio presenter Jeremy Vine - told the trial last week that 42-year-old Belfield is 'the Jimmy Savile of trolling'. Green says she is deeply disappointed that the BBC did not commission an independent inquiry. The eight complainants hoped to never hear from their tormenter again, only to discover that he had arranged for that one final, defiant video to go live after the judge sent him down, goading them from beyond his prison walls. Mr Spedding, the trial heard, was left feeling suicidal by a "tsunami of hate" from Belfield. Official YouTube stats show that www . "The Crown makes no submission that the overall sentence was, given the new knowledge of the legal position, inappropriate or unduly lenient," said Mr Justice Saini at Leicester Crown Court. Mr Justice Saini added: "You made communications which had serious impacts on the private lives of the complaints and had distressing effects on their physical and mental health.''. Soon she terminated it altogether, after he tweeted something that suggested albeit in veiled terms that Green should be sent to Auschwitz, after his rival presenter fronted a highly praised documentary about the concentration camp. A wacky array of clothing Belfield arrives at court in August. Alex Belfield was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in behind bars (Image: PA) A civil stalking order is being pursued at the magistrates' court against former BBC DJ Alex . Also speaking during the trial, describing watching Belfields video output as like swimming in sewage, Mr Vine said: It felt like I had a fish hook in my face and my flesh was being torn, and the only way to avoid further pain was to stay completely still.. Mr Belfield, on 5 August 2022, following a 5 week trial here at Nottingham Crown Court the jury convicted you on 4 counts. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Neither had ever met him. Within hours, a video appeared on Belfields secret video channel, accessible to anyone willing to pay him a pound a week. Fans, largely older women, were often in the public gallery to show support. I am offensive My human right allows me to speak words that are not to everyones taste, he told the jury. We were the warm-up act.. Jeremy Vine arriving at Nottingham Crown Court in July. Read about our approach to external linking. He is being sued for libel by Vine, as well as by the Nottinghamshire police detective in charge of the case against him, and when ordered to pay Vines initial costs of 26,000 after failing to file a defence on time, paid up, in October 2021, within a few days. Then began a 10-year campaign of harassment against both Breen and Green, as well as Helen Thomas, Breens line manager, who was head of regional and local programming for Yorkshire. Collaborations. Im clearly of more risk to this country than a man who is attracted to children, he deadpanned. Alex Belfield has been warned he could be jailed, Alex Belfield was found guilty of "simple" stalking in relation to BBC presenter Jeremy Vine, Alex Belfield was convicted of four offences at Nottingham Crown Court, Mr Belfield was previously a presenter at BBC Radio Leeds. I NEED YOUR HELP TO GET JUSTICE. alex belfield wife name. 'Once you sign up, you do what you're told': Duke of Sussex tells trauma expert Gabor Mat 'a lot of us' in the Army 'didn't necessarily agree or disagree' with the West's invasion of Afghanistan but did 'what you're trained to do'. During the trial, Mr Keith told the court he was left feeling suicidal by a tsunami of hate from Alex Belfield. The royal we was a frequent Belfield affectation, designed to give the impression that he sat at the top of an anti-woke multimedia empire in the Alex Jones/Infowars mould. His planned appeal has now been mentioned in court by the trial judge, at a hearing which related to an error made when Belfield was sentenced. Belfield, a former BBC radio presenter turned YouTube free speech advocate, was deeply sorry for the hurt he had caused, said Aubrey, after Belfield was convicted of stalking Vine and three other men online. Heres Celebrity Radios BBC Bernie Keith & Ben Hewis STATEMENT. That is a picnic compared to this guy. Our community guidelines prohibit content that threatens individuals and we have removed several videos for violating these policies.. The civil application, which pre-dates the criminal case, is for a Stalking Protection Order on the basis he has carried out acts associated with stalking. No more waking up in the middle of the night filled with dread about what he might have said about them to his then 373,000. You have got these proclamations of hate coming out and that it will never end.'. For the TV presenter Jeremy Vine, the most high-profile target of arguably Britains most prolific troll, it would be the first time in several years that he could host a live phone-in without worrying that one of Belfields acolytes would hijack the programme to confront him with Belfields lies. Online stalkers like you have an ability to recruit an army of followers whose conduct massively expands the effect of your stalking, he said. All prove they have absolutely no understanding of the law. A few months in, alarm bells started to ring, remembers Liz Green, who presented the lunchtime show that followed Belfields each day. Belfield was found not guilty of stalking Rozina Breen, Liz Green, Helen Thomas and Stephanie Hirst. Belfield, 42, subjected four people in a "relentless" campaign of stalking - including broadcaster Jeremy Vine. Belfield, 42, who weaponised the internet, was last month found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court of waging a relentless campaign, where Mr Vine said he was subjected to an avalanche of hatred. Ben Hewis intended to destroy my life, reputation and career. Instead, he made YouTube videos about them, posted messages on social media, and sent emails either to them or about them. On Count 5 you were convicted of stalking Mr Bernard Spedding - known professionally as Bernie Keith. One of the alleged victims - TV and radio presenter Jeremy Vine (pictured arriving at Nottingham Crown Court) - told the trial last week that 42-year-old Belfield is 'the Jimmy Savile of trolling'. Bernie confirms on air they think hes bonkers & loony toons. Breen sacked him on the spot, but agreed to honour the last two months of his contract. It sent this statement: Monetisation on the Voice of Reason channel remains suspended for violating our creator responsibility policy. Ten months into the job, Belfield pushed his luck too far in an innuendo-laden chat with the stations weather presenter, in which he suggested he had been masturbating over her. We were the learning curve for Belfield. The judge described Mr Dehanys mother as robust for the way she dealt calmly with Belfield, telling her: Everybody needs a mother like you. Mr Justice Saini said: It was an outrageous and cruel act to call her and make a recording, which Belfield later used as content on his channel. Can Nigeria's election result be overturned? Last month, Belfield was found guilty of stalking Hewis and BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernie Keith, and convicted of "simple" stalking - which means stalking without alarm or distress . Belfield has worked for over 80 radio stations in the UK. Belfield was not accused of physically stalking the complainants, who were mostly current or former BBC staff. Bernie Keith, who presents mid-morning shows and a weekly rock'n'roll programme on BBC Radio Northampton, said former BBC Radio Leeds DJ Alex Belfield had subjected him to "naked" hatred . He did so after the prosecution told him the maximum sentence for this offence was five years, but the maximum sentence is actually 10 years. One of the BBC targets was Bernie Keith, a veteran presenter at BBC Radio Northampton who was once Belfields friend. 18:16, 4 JAN 2023. The club joined the English Football League in 1892 as founder members of the Football League Second Division and though they resigned in 1907, they . Read about our approach to external linking. Your email address will not be published. "Throughout this trial, victims and other witnesses have given evidence with dignity and I would like to thank them for their willingness to give evidence. I couldn't destroy the gift of life that they (his parents) gave me.'. "Despite four women not securing guilty verdicts, today's custodial sentences are a welcome relief," she wrote. When not filming himself he would address his camera operator as Tarquin. VideoRussian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims, The children left behind in Cuba's mass exodus, Xi Jinping's power grab - and why it matters, Snow, Fire and Lights: Photos of the Week. Some feel he was given too much power in his own trial. Belfield, of Mapperley, Nottingham, denies causing serious alarm or distress to Channel 5 and BBC Radio 2 presenter Mr Vine, former BBC Radio Leeds mid-morning show host Stephanie Hirst, Mr Keith and five other people. Mr Vine gave evidence against Belfield, of Mapperley, Nottingham, telling jurors: This is not a regular troll here. His voice breaking with emotion, Mr Keith added: 'That removes the hope from my life that I will ever be free of this man. In relation to Jeremy Vine and theatre blogger Philip Dehany, he was found guilty of two lesser offences of "simple" stalking, which does not require serious alarm or distress to be proved. YouTuber Alex Belfield is planning to appeal against his prison sentence for stalking four men online. That he was allowed to play court reporter upset many complainants, particularly as Belfield decided not to give evidence under oath. Judge tells Alex Belfield to expect jail over nine-year 'campaign of harassment' The full wording of the charges stated he "pursued a course of conduct that amounted to harassment" of the complainants, which "amounted to stalking" and caused them "serious alarm or distress". endstream endobj startxref Another BBC radio presenter, a transgender woman called Stephanie Hirst, became Belfields next target after refusing him an interview after her transition. Very soon after Vine complained, by contrast, the BBC appointed a QC to conduct its own investigation into Belfields behaviour, which it handed to Nottinghamshire police. 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The Belfield Green knew at Radio Leeds in 2010 was difficult but he wasnt a table-thumping, immigrant-hating rightwing polemicist, she says. The application is being followed-up in its original format, including victims from his trial, and with two more people added - who were not involved in his trial. Hazell is one of numerous others who now say Belfield trolled them. We also want to learn from this to ensure we offer the best possible support to all colleagues, who may sadly experience the threat and risks of online stalking in the future., Last Friday, the four BBC women received an email saying the BBC had commissioned an internal review to establish what lessons can be learned from the recent criminal case. 'You can't work out how it's happened. 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One of the complainants was his former colleague, Liz Green, who also presented a show at the radio station. "Alex Belfield's conduct, in the form of messages, broadcasts, insults and threats, left his victims fearful and anxious. Worse, in 2013, a few years into Belfields campaign against her and Breen, the BBCs HR team chose to launch an investigation not into their harassment, but into whether they were guilty of bullying Belfield.