Stalker who targeted BBC star sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 18 Oct, 12:31 · Archive

A stalker who sent racist and sexually explicit messages to two women, including a BBC star, has been sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment suspended for two years.

Garry Summers, 57, of Kings Road, Bungay, was sentenced on Friday at Ipswich Crown Court after admitting two offences of racially aggravated stalking causing serious alarm or distress. He had targeted two sisters—an actress and director and her sister, a writer and director—over a period lasting almost two years.

Summers sent hundreds of emails containing racist and sexualised comments to the women. He also carried out extensive online research about them and watched one of them near her London home. He was eventually identified after sending a parcel containing a T-shirt with the slogan 'We stand with Israel' to her home.

Recorder Jeremy Benson described Summers' behaviour as 'thoroughly disgusting' and told him he should be 'thoroughly ashamed of yourself'. He was given a 30-month prison sentence suspended for two years, fined £2,500 and made subject to an order preventing him from contacting either victim.

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• Stalker who sent sexual messages to BBC star among those in the docks this weekA stalker who sent sexually explicit messages to two women was among the defendants appearing before Ipswich Crown Court this week.East Anglian Daily Times · 17 Oct, 12:00
• Stalker who sent sexual messages to BBC star among those in the docks this weekA stalker who sent sexually explicit messages to two women was among the defendants appearing before Ipswich Crown Court this week.Ipswich Star · 17 Oct, 12:00

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