Obsessed stalker Edward Vines was described as having a "tortured pre-occupation" with former BBC Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis as he was jailed for eight years. Vines, who represented himself in court, has an obsession with her which he has been unable to escape, Nottingham Crown Court heard.
Vines met Maitlis at university in the 1990s and had spent three decades living with a fixation for Maitlis, who declined, with her mother, to provide victim impact statements to the court on Monday (September 5) as he was sentenced.
Vines, who is banned from contacting Maitlis or her mother, learned his fate on eight charges, all which had received unanimous verdicts from a jury in July for attempting to breach a restraining order. The first charge was the 14th time he had breached the restraining order.
