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This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. A former BBC radio presenter has been found guilty of stalking four people including broadcaster Jeremy Vine. xRn0+|L)%^RKXoZi;;0AQnKF. Close Belfield-watchers believe his lurch to the right was a business decision rather than an ideological one. At NorthantsLive we're more than just news. Speaking after the verdicts, Sheryl Monk from the Crown Prosecution Service said: "Stalking is a very serious crime that has a severe impact on its victims. "I had this naked hate being piled on me every day and I had to be funny and I had to entertain people," he said. 'I can't remember when I have had a run of good sleep of longer than five hours. That he was allowed to play court reporter upset many complainants, particularly as Belfield decided not to give evidence under oath. Bernie Keith (pictured) 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 and false claims, Prosecutors allege that Belfield (pictured arriving at Nottingham Crown Court), who hosts a radio channel on YouTube, waged a relentless nine-year campaign of stalking against eight victims, including ex-colleagues, after BBC Radio Leeds did not renew his contract in 2011. Thats a word I have never heard We four were left to suffer and are suffering still, she says. We cover what people are talking about every day and celebrate the very best that this incredible part of the world has to offer. 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'. One day, Green says she found a talented young producer crying in the toilets after being shouted at by Belfield. "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. An ex-BBC boss has told a court how she felt as though she had a "noose around my neck" after being stalked by a former Radio Leeds DJ. Can Nigeria's election result be overturned? I live in fear and I have done for a long time, she says. She suffered years of what the judge described as transphobic and hateful comments motivated in part at least by feelings of jealousy as to her success when his own career within the BBC had foundered. We have no choice but to take action against The Stagey Blog too. But some of the complainants feel they never really got justice. Refuses to deny he wrote the email. Play it now! while Mr Keith said the . I pleaded with him [Belfield] to stop. "Alex Belfield had no qualms about the abuse he handed out, in many cases publicly.". 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". Prosecutors allege Mr Belfield, 42, caused serious alarm or distress to Vine, as well as Stephanie Hirst, a former BBC Radio Leeds mid-morning show host, and Bernie Keith, of BBC Radio Northampton. Belfield, who is 42 and from Nottingham, was originally charged with stalking eight different people, who were mostly current or former BBC staff. Saying he was proud of how he had managed to keep his troubles from his audience, the radio presenter continued: 'It's come at a huge personal toll. He also contacted Hewiss clients to undermine his business and encouraged his followers to join in with the abuse. Alex Belfield, 42, who "weaponised the internet", was last month found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court of waging a relentless campaign, with TV's Mr Vine subjected to an "avalanche of hatred". When Alex Belfield was sent to prison for five and a half years last month for online stalking, his accusers cried with relief. . Belfield was not accused of physically stalking the complainants, who were mostly current or former BBC staff. In September 2001 he began his career as a radio host after joining BBC Radio Leicester. Former BBC DJ Alex Belfield has been discovered responsible of the relentless stalking of different broadcasters, together with Jeremy Vine, who he Trending 'La Brea' Season 2 Trailer Goes EVEN DEEPER. To have your reputation destroyed maliciously is unforgivable. Aaron Sidwell was smart enough to retract his comments immediately: Phillip Dehany refuses to delete his post/vlog repeating the lies and endorsing Hewis. and BBC Radio Northampton's Bernie Keith. 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. All he had done, he suggested, was challenge people who had said things I believed to be untrue. Instantly disprovable lies published by Ben Hewis. Recalling how he was offered counselling in 2020, the presenter told the court: 'I had three sessions before lockdown came into force. Alex Belfield, 42, . 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. His trial heard he made YouTube videos about them, posted messages on social media, sent emails, and also encouraged those that follow him to target them. He bought his detached house in Mapperley, Nottingham, for 314,950 in October 2018, and it is mortgaged. Mr Vine was subjected to false and baseless claims relating to the supposed theft of 1,000, the court heard. (The person to be protected does not have to have been the victim of the acts mentioned above. 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The relief was temporary. 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. The opening of the trial heard that Belfield had been a presenter at BBC Radio Leeds, having been given a one-year contract in spring 2010. At conservative gathering, Trump is still the favourite. Your email address will not be published. Count 8: Jeremy Vine, not guilty to stalking to cause alarm and distress but guilty to simply stalking - Belfield is sentenced to 13 weeks consecutively for stalking Mr Vine. 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. The author identified himself in the screen-grab published by Hewis. Each of them suffered serious mental health problems arising from Mr Belfield's conduct.". Read about our approach to external linking. Between 2004 and 2010, he appeared on radio stations, including Mercia FM, Touch FM, BBC Bristol, BBC Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford and Worcester. Member of the public 'donates' hand grenade to D-Day museum Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. In his closing speech to jurors at Nottingham Crown Court, Belfield said he had a right to freedom of speech, and some of the communications were in his role as a journalist, holding the BBC to account. Why would he/they not deny it if he didnt send it? Ex-BBC DJ Alex Belfield has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for stalking four colleagues including BBC Radio Northampton's Bernie Keith. He also agreed with Mr Vines characterisation that the ex-DJ had weaponised the internet against those he targeted. Something went wrong, please try again later. It was a risk. Prosecutor John McGuinness QC told Nottingham Crown Court that Alex Belfield's lies had a "devastating effect" on Bernie Keith, who presents the mid-morning show on the BBC station . The post was shared shortly before 3pm on Friday, March 3, and has already had more than 200 responses. If that way was via abuse, then that was certainly effective in being part of your story. 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. Belfield, 42, subjected four people in a "relentless" campaign of stalking - including broadcaster Jeremy Vine. "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. After being sacked from BBC Radio Leeds, Belfield had to move back to live with his mother in Nottinghamshire and found it difficult to get regular radio work. During the trial, Mr Keith told the court he was left feeling suicidal by a tsunami of hate from Alex Belfield. That all stopped in February this year when YouTube suspended monetisation on Belfields Voice of Reason for violating its creator policy, after. 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 . For each of these offences he was sentenced to 13 weeks, also to run consecutively. Regardless, the judge clearly considered him a threat. FORMER BBC radio presenter, Alex Belfield, has been jailed for five and a half years. According to GoFundMe, which hosted the appeals, he raised a total of 29,446. For other inquiries, Contact Us. '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'. All Rights Reserved. Bernie confirms on air they think hes bonkers & loony toons. Here's Celebrity Radio's BBC Bernie Keith & Ben Hewis STATEMENTFull statement on legal action & police inquiry - BBC Bernie Keith / Bernard Spedding & Ben Hewis. @decotheatre. Alex Belfield is currently in prison after being convicted of stalking four men, Belfield made videos throughout his trial and posted them on YouTube. If you can help with mounting legal costs please email alex@alexbelfield.co.uk, Uploaded by Alex Belfield at Celebrity Radio 13th March 2020. 6 months later Ben Hewis REFUSES to release the email. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Unresolved: Release in which this issue/RFE will be addressed. 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. Finally, respite from what for some had been a decade of near-constant abuse. The full wording of the charges stated that he "pursued a course of conduct that amounted to harassment" of the complainants, which "amounted to stalking" and caused them "serious alarm or distress". Stephanie Hirst presented a show at the station after he left, in the same time slot. In Mr Keiths case, the abuse was sustained over nine years, with the judge saying he had no escape from Belfield, who made up and repeated a wholly false and scandalous allegation about his former friend. 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. Ben Hewis is perverting the course of justice. The judge said he agreed with some of the witnesses in the case, who said Belfield had "weaponised the internet". Former BBC DJ jailed for stalking Jeremy Vine and others, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. 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. 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. A BBC radio host has revealed that alleged stalking by an ex-staff member left him contemplating suicide. I dont think that stuff even bothered him.. Belfield looked pale as he was led down to the cells as more than 20 of his supporters watched silently from the public gallery. 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Follow us on Facebook here and Twitter here. Vine said it is very, very important that the BBC learn lessons from what happened to the women at BBC Leeds. Mr Justice Saini had sentenced Belfield to two-and-a-half years for stalking one of the complainants, Bernie Keith. Neither had ever met him. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. The police are advised to consider applying for an order where it appears to them that: Belfield was jailed last September after he was found guilty of waging a relentless stalking campaign against BBC Radio Northampton's Bernie Keith, and subjecting TV presenter Jeremy Vine to an "avalanche of hatred" - but has since lodged an appeal. 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BBC Radio Northampton DJ Bernie Keith told the court he was left feeling suicidal by a tsunami of hate. He had never gone near anyone, he insisted, and was not accused of threatening any violence. The criteria for applying for an order are set out in section 1(1) of the Stalking Protection Act 2019. ', After describing how he had considered taking his own life, he told the jury: 'I just couldn't do it. . Can Nigeria's election result be overturned? During his trial, Belfield, 42, of Shaldon Close in Mapperley, had opted not to give evidence in his defence before giving a closing speech, in which he claimed he was a whistleblower who had seen two-and-a-half years of his life torn apart by police inquiries. Yet, he remains unstable and on air at the BBC. endstream endobj 563 0 obj <>/Metadata 36 0 R/Pages 560 0 R/StructTreeRoot 43 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences 579 0 R>> endobj 564 0 obj <>/MediaBox[0 0 595.32 841.92]/Parent 560 0 R/Resources<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI]>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Tabs/S/Type/Page>> endobj 565 0 obj <>stream 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 . The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Former BBC local radio DJ Alex Belfield has been found guilty of four . Similar orders in favour of four other individuals the BBCs former head of the north Rozina Breen, former BBC Radio Leeds presenters Liz Green and Stephanie Hirst, and BBC executive Helen Thomas were also made. 18:16, 4 JAN 2023. Belfield was jailed after being found guilty of stalking four victims online. 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. Others were their boss, Rozina Breen, and Ms Breen's boss Helen Thomas. But some of the complainants feel they never really got justice. . hbbd```b``"H %&jv`8Z`` Hy |AAg%@ !CI Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. The judge told Belfield he will serve up to half of his sentence in prison and the remainder on licence. . How a failed local radio DJ with Timmy Malletts dress sense ended up making potentially hundreds of thousands of pounds broadcasting lies about his largely obscure enemies is a story that begins in 2010. Belfield had harassed this victim, BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernard Spedding, for nine years and some of his followers had sent him death threats. Refuses to deny he wrote the email. His trial heard he made YouTube videos about them, posted messages on social media, sent emails, and also encouraged his followers to target them. 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. It came following a trial at Nottingham Crown Court, during which the . Our community guidelines prohibit content that threatens individuals and we have removed several videos for violating these policies.. 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. "Your methods were, however, just as effective as a way of intimidating your victims, and were in many ways much harder to deal with.". As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The judge said that while Belfield did not physically approach or watch his victims, the effects were just as damaging. Hewis encouraged an entire industry to block me.over lies he endorsed! ). His aim was, in his own words, to haunt his victims, and he deployed his army of followers to pile on with abusive messages to those targeted, said Mr Justice Saini. "Stalking is a crime. Ms Breen had been his boss at BBC Radio Leeds, Ms Green had been a fellow radio presenter, Ms Thomas had been Ms Breen's boss, and Ms Hirst joined BBC Radio Leeds as a presenter after Belfield left. 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 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. 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. Alex Belfield, a former BBC presenter, appears at Nottingham Crown Court, on 12 counts of stalking on July 29, 2021. Judge tells Alex Belfield to expect jail over nine-year 'campaign of harassment' Breen says she and others flagged Belfields behaviour repeatedly but were told just not to look at the emails, or to delete them. Belfield has worked for over 80 radio stations in the UK. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk. Heres Celebrity Radios BBC Bernie Keith & Ben Hewis STATEMENT. Bernie Keith BBC Radio Northampton from Alex Belfield on Vimeo. As Prince Harry says he felt like the film 'the boy in the bubble' before having therapy, who was 12-year-old David Vetter whose tragic story inspired the documentary? He will be even more unbearable, she said in an Instagram video, with a twinkle in her eye that suggested she can hardly wait. Belfield, who now runs a YouTube channel called The Voice of Reason, told jurors he had legitimate reasons for his online communications. Finally, respite from what for some had been a decade of near-constant abuse. Thats when Rozina Breen, then the managing editor at BBC Radio Leeds, decided to take what she thought was a calculated chance. It didnt work. The jurors accepted Belfield caused serious alarm or distress to two victims - the BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernie Keith . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. "There's a good chance of a custodial sentence," he added. The judge made restraining orders in relation to all of the complainants, including those Belfield was not convicted of stalking. %%EOF He loved and hated showbusiness, and if he couldnt be you, hed have you, and be part of you, another way. 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'. Alex Belfield repeatedly posted abusive social media messages after his BBC contract wasn't renewed (Picture: PA) . 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! We have begged the BBC to resolve this quietly and privately. The women were told: The aim of the review is to provide recommendations to the BBC on how it can best support colleagues facing online stalking or significant social media harassment.. 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'. Both question why the corporation only really took the abuse seriously once a well-known man Vine was involved. Most of it had been withdrawn by Belfield by the time GoFundMe got around to banning him for inappropriate off-platform behaviour, with the exception of 5,260, which was refunded to donors. Video, Russian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims, US-made cheese can be called 'gruyere' - court, AOC under investigation for Met Gala dress, The children left behind in Cuba's exodus, Alex Murdaugh's legal troubles are far from over, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61, Walkie Talkie architect Rafael Violy dies aged 78, Sonic boom heard as RAF Typhoon jets escort plane, Nelson's 97th-minute stunner gives Arsenal victory. 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