Alex Belfield

Former BBC presenter, Alex Belfield from Mapperley, has been jailed for five years and 26 weeks at Nottingham Crown Court after being convicted of four ...

In 2005, he was disciplined by Capital Gold for misogynistic comments made about a mother of three children and in 2010, was suspended by BBC Radio Leeds after making "lewd" comments about BBC Look North weather presenter Keeley Donovan. Belfield is an accomplished presenter who has "worked for royalty" and presented a live programme from Ground Zero in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack. Having worked in Kenya in 1999, he returned to the UK two years later and soon joined BBC Leicester. BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernie Keith was left feeling suicidal by a "tsunami of hate", the trial was told. [ Bernie Keith](https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/bbc-dj-tells-alex-belfields-7362913), and guilty of the same charge concerning videographer Ben Hewis. Former BBC presenter, Alex Belfield from Mapperley, has been jailed for five years and 26 weeks at Nottingham Crown Court after being convicted of four stalking charges against broadcasters including Jeremy Vine.

Former BBC DJ Alex Belfield, 42, was labelled "the Jimmy Savile of trolling" after waging a relentless stalking campaign on Jeremy Vine and other ...

He was found not guilty of stalking charges in relation to the BBC’s former head of North Rozina Breen, former BBC Radio Leeds presenters Liz Green and Stephanie Hirst, and BBC worker Helen Thomas. He told the court he was the victim of a social media “pile-on” and a “witch-hunt” by other broadcasters, after exercising his rights to freedom of speech in communications with the complainants. At the start of the trial prosecutors said Belfield “wasn’t prepared to move on” after leaving the BBC and became disgruntled by what he perceived to be unfair treatment from his managers. Belfield is said to have developed a “dislike, almost hatred” of Mr Vine after the BBC donated the sum to a memorial fund set up to honour a friend of the broadcaster. Furthermore, Alex was handed two-and-a-half years for the charge concerning BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernie Keith and a consecutive two-and-a-half year sentence over the stalking charge relating to videographer Ben Hewis, Belfield was found guilty by the jury for causing serious alarm or distress to two victims and “simple” stalking in relation to Channel 5 and

A “cruel” former BBC local radio presenter has been jailed for five years and 26 weeks for stalking broadcasters including Jeremy Vine.

The judge referred to the victim’s “graphic and distressing evidence” in court about the impact of Belfield’s “campaign of harassment”, and how he had been “just seconds away” from dying by suicide. In Mr Keith’s case, the abuse was sustained over nine years, with the judge saying “he had no escape” from Belfield, who made up and repeated a wholly “false and scandalous” allegation about his former friend. His aim was, in his own words, to “haunt” his victims, and he deployed his “army of followers” to pile on with abusive messages to those targeted, said Mr Justice Saini. Belfield, who has 361,000 followers on his YouTube channel, The Voice Of Reason, and 43,000 on Twitter, directed his attacks via social media “in highly negative and often abusive terms”, the judge said. He said there was “no escape” for Belfield’s victims until bail conditions were imposed ahead of his trial, and agreed with Mr Vine’s characterisation that the ex-DJ had “weaponised the internet” against his targets. The judge told Belfield that while not “traditional stalking”, his “methods were just as effective a way of intimidating victims and in many ways much harder to deal with”.

A FORMER BBC DJ who stalked Jeremy Vine in a "relentless" campaign has today been jailed.Alex Belfield, 42, subjected his colleague to a “wave of pe.

He moaned during the trial he was the victim of a social media "pile-on" and said he had freedom of speech. Belfield subjected Vine to a "constant bombardment" of tweets and videos and made up lies that led to a wave of online abuse. He said he was left feeling suicidal by the "tsunami of hate".

The offending was said to have taken place between 2012 and 2021. Jurors accepted Belfield caused serious alarm or distress to two victims and was found guilty ...

David Aubrey KC, for Belfield, said he maintains that he did not intend to cause the level of alarm and distress that his victims experienced. As he sentenced him, The Honourable Mr Justice Saini told him: "A number of witnesses said that you had 'weaponised the internet.' I find that a wholly apt description of your conduct." [BBC Radio Northampton](https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/all-about/bbc) presenter Bernie Keith was left feeling suicidal by a “tsunami of hate”, the trial heard. This is the Jimmy Savile of trolling.” The trial heard Belfield repeatedly posted or sent abusive messages, videos and emails. The judge told him that while not “traditional stalking”, “your methods were just as effective a way of intimidating victims and in many ways much harder to deal with.” He added there was “no escape” for Belfield's victims, until bail conditions were imposed ahead of his trial. The judge told the court of the impact on Belfield's victims and said Mr Keith was "terrified" of him. He added: "Your offences are so serious, only a custodial sentence can be justified.” The judge said a pre-sentence report showed while Belfield “fully acknowledges the distress to victims” it also “highlights you still appear to focus on the impact on you and feel in certain respects you’ve been unfairly treated." He said: "He could see the distress in court and feels deeply sorry for what he did. Describing watching Belfield’s video output as like swimming in sewage, Mr Vine said of the defendant’s conduct: “It felt like I had a fish hook in my face and my flesh was being torn, and the only way to avoid further pain was to stay completely still.” [Jurors](https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/all-about/courts) accepted Belfield caused serious alarm or distress to two victims and was found guilty of “simple” stalking in relation to Channel 5 and BBC Radio 2 presenter Mr Vine and theatre blogger Philip Dehany. [Alex Belfield](https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/tv/bbc-radio-leeds-presenter-alex-24410533) was labelled “the Jimmy Savile of trolling” during a trial at Nottingham Crown Court which heard he repeatedly posted or sent abusive messages, videos and emails after bosses refused to renew his contract at BBC Radio Leeds.

Alex will serve half of the four charges he was convicted of, with all four of his victims being granted restraining orders by the judge.

At the start of the trial prosecutors said Belfield “wasn’t prepared to move on” after leaving the BBC and became disgruntled by what he perceived to be unfair treatment from his managers. Prosecutor John McGuinness QC said Jeremy was subjected to a “constant bombardment” of harassing tweets and YouTube videos in 2020. Another one of his victims included a videographer who was stalked online after tweeting his disgust at one of Belfield’s YouTube videos. The court was told the 42-year-old started out as a broadcast assistant on local radio and in recent years set up a YouTube channel known as Celebrity Radio. Alex will serve half on all four charges he was convicted of, with all four of his victims being granted restraining orders by the judge, Nottingham Live reports. Jeremy also gave evidence against Belfield during the trial, as he said: “This is not a regular troll here.

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Former BBC presenter and Youtuber Alex Belfield has been found guilty of stalking and harassing eight victims through his online presence.

The charges state that Alex Belfield pursued a course of conduct that amounted to harassment. The Judge said how Alex Belfield stalked one of his previous friends Mr. In one of Alex Belfield's YouTube videos, he accused Jeremy Vine of stealing £1,000 from the BBC. Alex Belfield was guilty concerning two other complainants. The Judge mentioned how Belfield's chosen method of stalking was a very unconventional type. Alex Belfield's trials showed him making videos of the victim.

Former BBC DJ Alex Belfield has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after being found guilty of stalking broadcasters, with his victims now ...

Belfield, 42, was handed five years and 26 weeks in jail at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday following his relentless hate campaign. He was found not guilty of stalking charges in relation to the BBC’s former head of North Rozina Breen, former BBC Radio Leeds presenters Liz Green and Stephanie Hirst, and BBC worker Helen Thomas. Belfield was found guilty by the jury of "simple" stalking in relation to Channel 5 presenter Jeremy and theatre blogger Philip Dehany.

Alex Belfield has received a five-year jailed sentence after being found guilty for stalking four people, including a fellow broadcaster.

“You were not a whistleblower in any sense but developed a fixation with pursuing Mr Vine with a campaign of abuse,” the judge commented. Your methods were, however, just as effective as a way of intimidating your victims, and were in many ways much harder to deal with.” The judge said Belfield had made “wholly false” allegations about Mr Vine stealing £1,000 of BBC licence payers’ money.