A judge has found former BBC DJ Alex Belfield guilty of four stalking charges against broadcasters including Jeremy Vine. The jury reached a verdict at Nottingham Crown Court today after beginning their deliberations on Tuesday morning, according to The Mirror.
Belfield decided not to give evidence in his defence last week, before delivering a closing speech claiming he was a whistle-blower who had seen two-and-a-half years of his life "torn apart" by police inquiries. Prosecutors alleged Belfield used social media messages, videos and emails to cause serious alarm or distress to broadcasters including Channel 5 and BBC Radio 2 presenter Jeremy Vine.
Giving evidence last month, Vine described Belfield's campaign of abuse as "the Jimmy Savile of trolling" as he gave evidence in court. Mr Vine recalled reading a blog post that had been written by another of the alleged victims, theatre critic Philip Dehany.
