Since 2012 Belfield has focused on presenting and producing content for his website Celebrity Radio.
Axed DJ who stalked Radio Northampton's Bernie Keith and Jeremy Vine But on August 5, 2022 he was found guilty of "simple stalking" regarding Vine and blogger Philip Dehany. Alex Belfield, who now runs a YouTube channel, stalked his victims by harassing them online. Full statement on legal action & police inquiry BBC Bernie Keith / Bernard Spedding & Ben Hewis. I had gone to the police to make it stop and it was just getting worse. Belfield had denied stalking the 57-year-old, and seven other alleged victims, claiming he was the subject of a witch hunt. 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 . Another of Belfields victims was a videographer targeted after tweeting his disgust at one of the defendants YouTube videos, sending a foetal scan to the man and trying to contact his then-pregnant wife. Belfield currently hosts the Voice of Reason YouTube channel, which has over 372,000 subscribers. "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].". "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. Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this article! 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. The judge said that while Belfield did not physically approach or watch his victims, the effects were just as damaging. Ex-BBC presenter Alex Belfield's "campaign of harassment" had left Northampton's Bernie Keith "just seconds away" from suicide. View our online Press Pack. "He was seconds away from taking his own life as a result of your conduct," the judge, Mr Justice Saini, told Belfield. The final two victims who went to court and testified against Belfield were both from the theatre world. To have your reputation destroyed maliciously is unforgivable. Articles by Alex Belfield on Muck Rack. Belfield, 42, subjected four people in a "relentless" campaign of stalking - including broadcaster Jeremy Vine. This was a man who had not only eschewed lawyers to represent himself in court, but who had reported on his own trial each night online; a man who even after being found guilty, appeared on stage in Blackpool with controversial rightwing commentator Katie Hopkins, playing up his role as The Stalker as he awaited sentence. Bernie confirms on air they think hes bonkers & loony toons. Mr Vine faced a torrent of abuse online, including thousands of social media messages from Belfields followers and personal threats. Read about our approach to external linking. Each of them suffered serious mental health problems arising from Mr Belfields conduct, he said, imposing indefinite restraining orders preventing Belfield from contacting the women. Belfield soon became obsessed with ruining Hewiss professional and personal life. Recalling how he was offered counselling in 2020, the presenter told the court: 'I had three sessions before lockdown came into force.
'I love you, and there's nothing you can do about it': will jail BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernie Keith was left suicidal by a "tsunami of hate", the trial was also told.
In December 2011, Belfield made his debut on BBC Radio 2 with Jimmy Savile's "last in-depth interview", recorded at Savile's Leeds home in February that year. He added there was no escape for Belfields victims, until bail conditions were imposed ahead of his trial. Mr Justice Saini said Belfield's campaign of harassment had left Mr Keith just seconds away from dying by suicide. The court heard the original application was amended to add two more people who did not form part of the criminal trial. He bought his detached house in Mapperley, Nottingham, for 314,950 in October 2018, and it is mortgaged. 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". 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. There are lessons to learn clearly and the toxic nature of online hate will only get worse for staff. 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. Mr Justice Saini said Belfield developed a fixation in pursuing Mr Vine with a campaign of abuse, with the broadcaster having to warn his wife and children to watch out for the defendant, especially after his home address was published by his followers. It was lockdown that offered Belfield an opportunity to make some proper money. The judge made restraining orders in relation to all of the complainants, including those Belfield was not convicted of stalking. Two days have been set aside to hear the application at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on March 7. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. I am offensive My human right allows me to speak words that are not to everyones taste, he told the jury. Feb 10th, doors at 7, first dance at 7.30- 11.30. December is a busy month. The Guardian asked Bridgen if he regretted supporting Belfield and did not receive a response. Ben Hewis refuses to engage with the police and hand over the email. The post was shared shortly before 3pm on Friday, March 3, and has already had more than 200 responses. First Belfield bawled out the stations beloved gardening correspondent for a perceived act of insubordination, prompting a surge of listener complaints.
Jeremy Vine's alleged stalker subjected BBC radio host Bernie Keith to 100+ emails sent/received from BBC & lawyers no defense of Spedding whatsoever. He started his own online show, Celebrity Radio, bagging interviews with famous people in return for advertising plugs, and tried to sell himself as a theatre and restaurant reviewer. Mr Justice Saini had sentenced Belfield to two-and-a-half years for stalking one of the complainants, Bernie Keith.
Resistance 3 (PlayStation 3) credits - MobyGames During the trial at Nottingham Crown Court, Judge, Mr Justice Saini spoke of how BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernie Keith was "seconds away" from killing himself after suffering from tsunami of hate. Bernie Keithwho 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 and false claims.
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(The person to be protected does not have to have been the victim of the acts mentioned above. Barring a successful appeal, Belfield will serve at least the next two years and 39 weeks in jail, before being released on licence to serve the second half of his sentence. I pleaded with him (Belfield) to stop. Mr Spedding, the trial heard, was left feeling suicidal by a "tsunami of hate" from Belfield. If that way was via abuse, then that was certainly effective in being part of your story. That is why I say your stalking is in many respects more serious than a conventional stalker, the judge said. Mr Vine was subjected to false and baseless claims relating to the supposed theft of 1,000, the court heard. The optics arent good, says Breen. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. She has asked the BBC to commission an independent investigation into what happened. I AM A VICTIM OF A CRIME. Within hours, a video appeared on Belfields secret video channel, accessible to anyone willing to pay him a pound a week. 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. Then, during a broadcast at Leeds Playhouse, he asked an elderly lady what colour knickers she was wearing, resulting in the theatre boycotting the station. I will refer to him by that name. Read about our approach to external linking. Online stalkers like you have the ability to recruit an army of followers whose conduct massively expands the effect of your stalking. It is a powerful weapon for fighting political or commercial enemies . Find Alex Belfield of CelebrityRadio.biz's articles, email address, contact information, Twitter and more. Unless there are broadcast prohibitions attached to his release, there is nothing to stop Belfield firing up Voice of Reason again when he gets out of jail.
YouTubers question whether stalker Alex Belfield will have sentence This is the Jimmy Savile of trolling., Likening watching Belfields videos to swimming in sewage, Mr Vine said of the defendants conduct: 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., Jurors convicted Belfield of four charges committed between 2012 and 2021. 2023 BBC. "Blocking was also a futile exercise as Belfield continued to seek out new ways to get to me when others failed. Asked why it had not banned Belfield from its platform following his conviction, YouTube did not respond. = I;&
We have no choice but to take action against The Stagey Blog too. Our fears and anxiety were downplayed. Helen Thomas, now director of BBC England, told the jury that she was told to man up by a BBC boss when she complained about Belfields behaviour. For other inquiries, Contact Us. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I dont think that stuff even bothered him.. The judge referred to the victims graphic and distressing evidence in court about the impact of Belfields campaign of harassment, and how he had been just seconds away from dying by suicide. Our community guidelines prohibit content that threatens individuals and we have removed several videos for violating these policies.. 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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. Unable to work and claiming to be on 86-a-week universal credit when the theatres shut, Belfield reinvented himself as a rightwing shockjock. 'You can't work out how it's happened. With an international audience via YouTube - Celebrity Radio continues to grow. The judge did stop him from interrogating complainants, appointing David Aubrey as a proxy advocate. When Alex Belfield was sent to prison for five and a half years last month for online stalking, his accusers cried with relief.
Ex-BBC radio presenter stalked former colleagues and Jeremy Vine, court He would invite viewers to send in fan mail not to any registered office but to his local pub, whose landlady he described as his receptionist. He and Belfield had known each other through work, the trial heard, but Belfield had never met the other three men he was convicted of stalking.
Who Is Alex Belfield? Facts You Need To Know About The Radio Presenter is an English professional association football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.The club was formed in the late 1870s and in 1884 they took the name Burslem Port Vale, dropping the 'Burslem' prefix in 1907. Can Nigeria's election result be overturned? He hated the thing he loved, or hated other people having success within it.. The optics arent good, says Breen. BBC Radio Leeds presenter Liz Green, who was harassed for 10 years by Belfield. . Some believe he relied on others as media monitors and had sources within the BBC itself: he seemed to know everything discussed on each of their radio shows every day, along with a number of internal matters. Former BBC DJ jailed for stalking Jeremy Vine and others, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Why would he/they not deny it if he didnt send it? We cover what people are talking about every day and celebrate the very best that this incredible part of the world has to offer. 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. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Toggle primary navigation. He took photos of Hewiss wife and young child from social media and included them in his videos, even using a picture of a foetal scan showing Hewiss unborn baby as part of his relentless email campaign of harassment. Would they ever truly be able to escape the man Vine described as an Olympic-level stalker? arring a successful appeal, Belfield will serve at least the next two years and 39 weeks in jail, before being released on licence to serve the second half of his sentence. Its like an avalanche of hatred that you get hit by., Vine didnt think he had ever even met Belfield, but another former BBC radio presenter, James Hazell, remembers Vine delivering a masterclass to local BBC presenters in 2010.
'Cruel' ex-BBC DJ Alex Belfield jailed for stalking Jeremy Vine online He soon made it to the top of Belfields hitlist, featuring regularly as a hate figure in his videos and social media posts. . Refuses to deny he wrote the email.
Alex Belfield On Count 5 you were convicted of stalking Mr Bernard Spedding - known professionally as Bernie Keith. But the judge made further orders protecting the individuals in the stalking charges where Belfield was acquitted - in favour of Rozina Breen, Helen Thomas, Liz Green and Stephanie Hirst under section 5A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. The 42-year-old, from Nottingham, is due to be sentenced on 16 September and has been warned he could be jailed. Green was having none of it: I went up to him and I said: You are a grade-A wanker. She stands by that description, but came to regret making an enemy of someone who turned out to be a herculean grudge-holder. ). "This was the darkest point of my life because there was no end to it. Alex Belfields online harassment made life misery for BBC presenters Jeremy Vine, Liz Green and many others. Former BBC radio personality Alex Belfield, 42, is also a vlogger from Nottinghamshire. Alex Belfield has been jailed on four stalking charges (Picture: SWNS / PA) . 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. Stalking Bernard Spedding (known as Bernie Keith) between 25 November 2012 and 2 April 2017, and between 3 April 2017 and 31 March 2021. . At conservative gathering, Trump is still the favourite. Green still works for the BBC but is trying to negotiate a settlement to leave. Presenter Iain Lee has since come out to say Belfield targeted him for many years, but that he was too frightened to go to court to give evidence. Peers in show business blocked me including @BazBam (#1 print journo) calling me abhorrent in reply to the Hewis published LIES. 203 Adams Ave. Eufaula, OK 74432 what is kip holden doing now
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