Emily Maitlis’ ‘obsessed’ stalker has been discovered responsible of making an attempt to breach a restraining order for the twentieth time.
Edward Vines – who has had a three-decade fixation with former BBC Newsnight presenter – wrote eight letters addressed to Ms Maitlis and her mom expressing his ‘unrequited’ love for her, which he tried to ship from HMP Nottingham between Could 2020 and December 2021.
Nottingham Crown Courtroom heard that in one among his letters to the journalist, the 52-year-old advised her he would ‘proceed to brood and to put in writing letters in jail’, except she spoke to him about ‘her behaviour in 1990’.
Jurors took just below two hours to simply accept the prosecution’s case after they had been advised he ‘systematically and with growing frequency’ breached two separate restraining orders imposed on him in 2002 and 2009 – with 12 earlier breaches to his identify and 7 separate prosecutions.
Vines beforehand stood trial in October final 12 months, and after proceedings had been halted because of medical points he wrote two additional letters through which he tried responsible the journalist for not admitting to being ‘drawn to him’.
Because the verdicts had been returned on Monday, the defendant – who has denied all eight prices – confirmed no emotion and appeared straight forward earlier than being taken away by jail officers.
A jury panel of seven ladies and 5 males rejected Vines’s claims that he by no means supposed the letters to succeed in the Maitlis household after he advised the courtroom he needed a jury to see the letters ‘in order that they'll hear my views and that Emily owes me an apology’.
Vines had advised the courtroom he was attempting to ‘excellent the artwork of letter writing’ and that he needed to ‘have that second so we are able to end this struggle’.
Prosecutor Ian Approach spoke of the defendant’s ‘insatiable want’ to talk with the BBC presenter whereas he was giving proof – with Vines admitting he would ship letters to her if he was free of jail.
Jurors had been additionally advised of how Vines had breached the restraining order on 12 earlier events – together with letters and emails addressed to Ms Maitlis on the BBC.
For the ultimate two of his earlier breaches, Vines was jailed for 3 years after a choose mentioned he feared there was ‘no sight of this ever ending’ – describing the defendant’s behaviour as a ‘life-long obsession’.
In his prosecution opening, Mr Approach mentioned: ‘This case has an extended and sad historical past. For a interval in extra of three many years, the defendant has demonstrated a persistent and obsessive fixation with the BBC journalist and broadcaster Emily Maitlis, whom he met at college within the Nineties.
‘His compulsive behaviour in the direction of her resulted in a conviction in opposition to him earlier than the West London Magistrates’ Courtroom on September 19 2002 for pursuing a course of conduct which amounted to harassment.’
Mr Approach continued: ‘His persistent behaviour in the direction of her resulted in a conviction in opposition to him. That resulted within the first of two restraining orders imposed in opposition to him.
‘Since that point he has, the prosecution assert, systematically, and with growing frequency, tried to breach that order. He can’t let go of one thing that he perceived was a fallacious to him 30 years up to now and that, we are saying, is what's driving him.’
Adjourning sentence till September 5, Decide Mark Watson advised Vines: ‘I’m not going to take care of you now as a result of I need to know what the impression of your repeated efforts to breach this order have been.
‘You may anticipate to obtain a prolonged jail sentence. You have got repeatedly advised this jury and advised others to whom you've spoken, that your intention is to proceed to aim to contact Emily Maitlis. Till [the sentencing hearing] Mr Vines, you'll stay in custody.’
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