A person who bombarded former Hollyoaks actress Stephanie Davis with social media messages, letters and presents has been jailed for stalking.
Alex Boston 43, was sentenced to twenty-eight weeks in jail at Sefton Advanced Case Courtroom in Bootle on Friday, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) mentioned.
The courtroom additionally issued an indefinite restraining order which bans him from contacting Ms Davis or approaching her house.
Alex Boston, 43, was sentenced to twenty-eight weeks in jail for stalking Stephanie Davis (CPS Handout/PA)
The CPS mentioned Boston, of Moreton, on the Wirral in Merseyside, stalked the 28-year-old between April 2020 and July 2021, bringing presents and flowers to her door at night time.
She turned so scared she finally moved out of the home to stick with family members.
In an announcement learn to the courtroom, Ms Davis mentioned: “I can not calm down or really feel protected and safe and really feel my protected haven has been violated.
“Mentally, this man’s stalking has induced me a lot stress, I used to be struggling to manage.
“I used to be too scared to go away or enter my house. I might and nonetheless have panic assaults to today.
“I consistently really feel like I’m wanting over my shoulder and may’t totally calm down, and my anxiousness is horrendous.”
He has nearly ruined the lifetime of the girl he claimed to be in love with
District Crown prosecutor Ronan Molloy
Ms Davis, who appeared in Celeb Large Brother in 2016, was additionally inundated with playing cards and letters.
In a single letter, which was seven pages lengthy, Boston claimed he beloved her and was in a relationship together with her, the CPS mentioned.
In April 2021, Ms Davis informed police she had been receiving unsettling messages from numerous social media accounts, which had been finally traced again to Boston.
Officers had been additionally in a position to hyperlink Boston to the letters by fingerprint proof, and to the presents by CCTV footage.
Boston pleaded responsible to stalking at Liverpool Magistrates’ Courtroom on November 12.
Stephanie Davis arriving firstly of Celeb Large Brother in 2016 (Ian West/PA)
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He was initially as a consequence of be sentenced on December 22 however fled when he noticed the press at courtroom, in accordance with the CPS.
A warrant was issued for his arrest and an additional listening to date was set for December 30 – however once more he failed to point out.
Prosecutor Ronan Molloy, from the CPS’ Mersey Cheshire department, mentioned: “The actions of Alex Boston terrified his sufferer. He continued with a marketing campaign of harassment and worry over a number of months.
“He claimed to be in a relationship with Ms Davis. This was a complete fiction however the deception drove him additional and additional into criminality. No matter he thought he was doing, he has nearly ruined the lifetime of the girl he claimed to be in love with.
“The Crown Prosecution Service want to thank Ms Davis for her assist in bringing this prosecution and for reporting the crimes of Mr Boston to the police. We hope the profitable conclusion of this prosecution helps her to maneuver on together with her life.
“Mr Boston has dragged the conclusion of this case out by operating away on a number of events. He’s now behind bars. The CPS hopes that this case sends out a robust message to different victims of on-line harassment and abuse that they don’t have to tolerate it.”
Davis is greatest recognized for taking part in Sinead O’Connor on Hollyoaks and got here to fame on BBC expertise sequence Over The Rainbow.
She has a five-year-old son with actuality tv persona Jeremy McConnell.
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