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A sinister two-year stalking campaign against TV presenter Laura Woods began with a box of Krispy Kreme donuts arriving at her home. The TNT Sports presenter was 'pleasantly surprised' when she thought someone may have been 'nice' by leaving a surprise gift, a court heard.
But events soon took a chilling twist. Female football fan Harneet Kaur, 25, stepped up her harassment of the popular presenter over a period of more than two years.
It even led to Kaur threatening to kill the former talkSPORT host's dog, the Mirror reports. Kaur has now been jailed and banned from contacting Ms Woods, along with 14 other people.
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Kaur targeted Ms Woods on social media before stepping up her campaign of harassment. Bibles and sexual health tests were also sent to her home during the sick bombardment, which began in June 2021 and lasted until September 2023.
The period had an 'enormous and devastating' effect on Ms Woods' life and left her concerned to leave home and travel all over the country for her work. In July 2022, Kaur's iPad showed she had visited the road where her victim lived.
After an order of Krispy Kreme donuts arrived at her London property, Judge Talog Davies said in court that the TV star was initially 'pleasantly surprised and thought it was a mistake or somebody being nice'. She posted a picture on her Twitter account saying they had 'made her evening'.
But things soon got out of hand as Antonie Muller, prosecuting, told Wolverhampton Crown Court Ms Woods 'did not realise this was to be the start of a campaign against her'. Within a few days, a Starbucks order with a message 'From your secret admirer and I'm not crazy' arrived on her doorstep.
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