Obsessive American fan who stalked 'TikTok organist' Anna Lapwood for three months after buying one way ticket to UK and turning up to all her 会合,会う and 迎える/歓迎する events is 刑務所,拘置所d for six months

  • ?BBC Proms first night co-presenter, 28, was stalked by fan Elliott Bennett, 36
  • ?Organist said she was 悩ますd to the extent that she '恐れるd for her safety'?

A musician who co-現在のd the live BBC broadcast of the first night of the Proms was 悩ますd to the point where she '恐れるd for her safety' by an obsessive fan who was 刑務所,拘置所d for six months for stalking her.

The organist, conductor and 放送者 Anna Lapwood, 28, was 疫病/悩ますd for three months by American Elliott Bennett, 36, who followed her across the 大西洋 and 試みる/企てるd in vain to 支持を得ようと努める her.

Peterborough 栄冠を与える 法廷,裁判所 heard how Bennett began に引き続いて her 'coast to coast' while she 小旅行するd the USA in March this year.

Ms Lapwood, who is known as 'the TikTok organist', said his behaviour 増大するd in a 'terrifying way' when he began to appear at all her '会合,会う and 迎える/歓迎する' events after her 業績/成果s.

He 最初 asked for a picture of them both together, but then his obsessive behaviour 速く 強めるd to sending her letters 宣言するing his love for her.

Co-presenter of BBC Proms first night Anna Lapwood was stalked by American fan Elliott Bennett

Co-presenter of BBC Proms first night Anna Lapwood was stalked by American fan Elliott Bennett

The organist was repeatedly mithered by Bennett, who followed her across the Atlantic

The organist was 繰り返して mithered by Bennett, who followed her across the 大西洋?

The 法廷,裁判所 heard how he got 負かす/撃墜する on one 膝 at one event, and took Ms Lapwood's 手渡す, telling her that they should be together.

When she told him she had a boyfriend, he replied that he 'can't 受託する that', and later chased her and her boyfriend across a car park after they left a hotel.

Ms Lapwood, who has more than 550,000 信奉者s on TikTok, 成し遂げるd at the 王室の Albert Hall in London on her return, but was left terrified after she spotted him at her 会合,会う and 迎える/歓迎する with fans once again after the show.

It later 現れるd that he had bought a one-way flight from America to continue his obsessive stalking of her.

In the に引き続いて days, he was seen 繰り返して busking outside Pembroke College in Cambridge where Ms Lapwood is Director of Music.

When he was asked to leave, he told staff he had a spiritual 関係 with her, that they cared for one another, she 奮起させるd him and that they were both geniuses.

Bennett 認める stalking when he appeared at Peterborough 栄冠を与える 法廷,裁判所 last Wednesday. In 新規加入 to 存在 刑務所,拘置所d for six months, he was given an 不明確な/無期限の 抑制するing order.

Speaking after the 宣告,判決ing, Ms Lapwood 勧めるd other 犠牲者s of stalking and いやがらせ to 捜し出す help and 報告(する)/憶測 it to the police.

The BBC Proms co-presenter said that she became harassed to the extent that she feared for her safety

The BBC Proms co-presenter said that she became 悩ますd to the extent that she 恐れるd for her safety

The musician, who co-hosted BBC ニュース報道 of the first night of the Proms at the 王室の Albert Hall on July 14 with Clive Myrie and Sandi Toksvig, said: 'It's been a 堅い few months, and I think the big thing that it's taught me, is that when something like this starts, we shouldn't hesitate to 報告(する)/憶測 it.

'I like to think the best of people and to think 'oh that will be the last time, they'll have realised it's wrong now', but the reality is that some people don't understand 境界s or 注意する 警告s.

'The 状況/情勢 can 増大する quickly and in a really terrifying way. When it began, I was worried that I might be ove rreacting, but when I got in touch with the police they dealt with it すぐに and with 親切.

'I 手配中の,お尋ね者 to 株 my experience because 存在 stalked is so awful, yet it's too 平易な to think that something isn't serious enough to 伴う/関わる the police. Catching this sort of behaviour 早期に and trying to 妨げる escalation 早期に is important.'

The musician 追加するd: 'For me, what started as a seemingly innocent 遭遇(する) while on 小旅行する in the US grew into me becoming 悩ますd in such a way that I 恐れるd for my safety and for those around me.

'I was followed from coast to coast in the US, 支援する to the UK, and to my workplace in Cambridge. It got to the point that he 辞退するd to go away - I felt 脅すd and had to be 護衛するd everywhere.

'When I 報告(する)/憶測d him to the police, I was so 感謝する for their 速度(を上げる) of 活動/戦闘. I gave my 声明s and within a short time, he was 逮捕(する)d.. It felt like a strangely big moment the first time I could go for a coffee by myself again.

'Obsessive behaviour and いやがらせ 衝撃s so many people, sadly some シナリオs [are] more 悲惨な than my own.

'To anyone who is experiencing いやがらせ or stalking, I 勧める you to 捜し出す help. The police know how to を取り引きする it in the quickest and most efficient way.

'I am utterly 感謝する to those who advised and supported me throughout, and for all the police have done to 許す me to breathe in peace again.'

探偵,刑事 Constable Timothy Taylor, who 調査/捜査するd the 事例/患者, said: 'Stalking is a horrendous 罪,犯罪, which leaves 犠牲者s feeling 脅すd, 苦しめるd and 脅すd.

'I would like to take this 適切な時期 to 賞賛する Ms Lapwood for her courage and bravery in 報告(する)/憶測ing this to the police and speaking out, giving other 犠牲者s the courage to speak o ut.

'I am pleased Bennett is now 刑務所,拘置所d, and I hope this 宣告,判決ing 供給するs her with some sort of 終結.'

Ms Lapwood at London Bridge station doing an impromptu duet with a security guard in tribute to the late Queen

Ms Lapwood at London 橋(渡しをする) 駅/配置する doing an impromptu duet with a 安全 guard in 尊敬の印 to the late Queen

Ms Lapwood went to school at Oxford High School and 卒業生(する)d from Magdalen College, Oxford, where she was the first woman in the college's 560-year history to be awarded an 組織/臓器 scholarship.

She became the youngest-ever Director Music of any Oxford of Cambridge college when she was 任命するd to her 地位,任命する at Pembroke College at the age of 21 in 2016.

Ms Lapwood is now known as one of the most 明白な 星/主役にするs of the classical music world, whose 地位,任命するs on TikTok attract up to four million 見解(をとる)s.

She 設立するd the Pembroke College Girls' Choir in 2018, which 招待するs girls between the ages of 11 and 18 from 地元の schools to 成し遂げる at the college's evensong services.

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