Iain Lee visibly emotional as Alex Belfield jailed…

Iain Lee visibly emotional as Alex Belfield jailed over stalking charges

Broadcaster Iain Lee gave a powerful speech detailing the effects of Alex Belfield's abuse after the former BBC radio host was jailed for more than five years. The Jack FM host broke down in tears during a livestream of his reaction to Belfield's sentencing on Friday, September 16.

In a video posted to his YouTube channel shortly after, the former talkradio host likened the Mapperley resident, who was found guilty of stalking four victims including Jeremy Vine, to Charles Manson and the Candyman.

Lee said on his YouTube channel: "He terrorised people, he bullied them, he hounded them, he manipulated them, he bombarded them."

The broadcaster said he was not proud to admit he was "too scared" to take Belfield to court, but thanked the eight people that did.

Lee went on to urge Twitter and YouTube - where Belfield's 'The Voice of Reason' channel has more than 360,000 subscribers - to ban him from their platforms. "You are enabling his bullying, you are enabling his homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and racism," he said.

Alex Belfield was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in behind bars (PA)

"You are enabling his terror attacks." Lee was on a live stream when he learned Belfield, 42, of Shaldon Close in Mapperley, had been jailed for more than five years. He was convicted of two counts of stalking to cause alarm and distress and two counts of stalking.

Another of Belfield's victims, who wished to go by the pseudonym of Simon, told Nottinghamshire Live he became concerned for his family and job after social media accounts linked to Belfield began posting his personal details online. He was threatened with 'see you soon' by the anonymous accounts after he began "fact checking" Belfield's conspiracy videos during lockdown.

"I was concerned for my job and my family in case he or whoever was running that account decided to take it further," said Simon. "It wasn't necessarily Alex Belfield himself but I think it was probably someone linked to him in some way.

"I never found out who ran those accounts so that's an ongoing concern, they could potentially have the ability to do that again." Simon continued to fact-check Belfield, this time from an anonymous account, and was still subjected to abuse.

On one occasion Belfield branded him and eight others paedophiles, said Simon. "He incited his fans to block me and others and report us to the police," he said. Reacting to the sentencing, Simon added: "I'm really pleased for the victims. Having experienced some of his behaviour I can understand what they've gone through and I think the sentence seems fair for the hurt that he's caused them.

"I was pleased that the hurt that he had caused people was recognised. It wasn't limited to these eight people, there's a lot of people in the public eye and not in the public eye who have experienced his behaviour to some level."