Coronation Street star Nicola Thorp bravely opens up on her two-year stalking ordeal
11.07.2023 - 18:01
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Former Coronation Street star Nicola Thorp opened up about how a stalker, who had terrorised her for two years, was allowed to remain anonymous for months after being identified by police.The actress, 34, revealed how Ravinderjit Dhillon, who called himself the 'the grim reaper', used 25 aliases to contact her actress online, where he threatened to choke and rape her. He was convicted of stalking involving fear of violence after a trial in April. However, ahead of this Nicola hadn't been told his identity despite police being aware of who was behind the threats.
Recalling this terrifying experience on Good Morning Britain, Nicola told hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls: “You want to know if you're going to be able to take care of yourself if he was to approach you in the street.That was the big thing. "My main question was, ‘Would he be able to carry me?’ and that's devastating. “Because with these kinds of crimes, when he's kept anonymous, they become every single person that you meet.
"He was every guy at a bus stop. He was the person at work who looked at me funny. He was the guy in the supermarket.
He just became everybody." For seven months after police identified the stalker they refused to tell Nicola his identity. She explained: "When I got the phone call, saying that he'd been arrested, I was so relieved. I thought, ‘Fantastic, who is he?’ and they said, ‘We can't tell you.' "I asked, ‘But where does he live, roughly?’ They said, ‘We can’t tell you.’ I said, ‘Do I know him? Is he an ex-partner?’.
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