Journalist appears in court charged with stalking George Osborne and his wife

Former chancellor George Osborne with his wife and former adviser, Thea Rogers, outside St Mary’s Church in Brunton, Somerset, following their marriage. - (PA Archive)

A journalist has appeared in court charged with stalking former chancellor George Osborne and his wife Thea Rogers for more than a year.

Lydia Suffield, 27, is said to have sent emails and Instagram messages to the couple and to have filed false referrals to children’s charity the NSPCC between June 8 2022 and July 5 last year, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard on Monday.