One of Alex Belfield's victims says the stalker's case is a "watershed" moment and that we may now have reached the "peak" of online harassment. BBC Radio 2 and Channel 5 presenter Jeremy Vine hopes that Belfield will eventually come out of prison a changed man.
Mr Vine said he has already had apologetic emails from some of Belfield's former followers, but says he is still thinking about whether to come off social media altogether because of what has happened. His interview comes after Belfield was sentenced for the charge of "simple stalking" against Jeremy Vine and theatre blogger Philip Dehany.
He was also found guilty of stalking BBC presenter Bernard Speeding and videographer Ben Hewis. He was cleared of stalking charges in relation to four women, but still had indefinite restraining orders imposed in relation to them and his other four victims.
