Alex Belfield, the Nottingham stalker whose controversial YouTube channel propagated racism, misogyny and bullying, is a man who seems to have an almighty grudge against the BBC. With recent controversies ranging from Jimmy Savile to Martin Bashir's Princess Diana interview, criticism of Britain's public broadcaster is certainly not contained to the fringes of society.
But Belfield's actions strayed far from a journalistic exposé of the corporation and that is not the reason why he is now behind bars. The judge in Belfield's case made it clear that he was being sent to prison for his online harassment and stalking of several individuals - with one of his victims labelling him the Harold Shipman of trolling.
His actions raged from spreading vicious lies about his victims through to publishing their personal details, including their home address, online. But in determining Belfield's motivations, and why his YouTube videos garnered hundreds of thousands of views, one can't help turning to the BBC for an answer.
