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Jailed for three years, Edward Vines has been harassing BBC journalist for quarter century
A stalker who has harassed the Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis for more than 25 years has been jailed for three years after breaching a restraining order for the 12th time.
Edward Vines sent two letters to the BBC journalist’s mother saying he was in love with her and was “distressed” when she ceased contact with him. The 49-year-old said he had been “troubled” by Maitlis’s treatment of him while at Cambridge University in the mid-1990s, and claimed she had lied about him during a previous trial. Continue reading...