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| EastEnders' Samantha Womack stalker given suspended sentence | EastEnders' Samantha Womack stalker given suspended sentence |
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| A stalker found outside the home of EastEnders star Samantha Womack has avoided being sent to prison. | A stalker found outside the home of EastEnders star Samantha Womack has avoided being sent to prison. |
| Peter Rombough, 22, from Ditchingham, Norfolk, admitted travelling 93 miles to stalk Mrs Womack at her home in Bedfordshire twice last year. | Peter Rombough, 22, from Ditchingham, Norfolk, admitted travelling 93 miles to stalk Mrs Womack at her home in Bedfordshire twice last year. |
| He was handed an eight-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, at Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court. | He was handed an eight-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, at Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court. |
| In a statement read out to the court, Mrs Womack said the events had left her feeling scared in her own home. | In a statement read out to the court, Mrs Womack said the events had left her feeling scared in her own home. |
| She added: "These events have had a massive impact. | |
| "I can't stop thinking about it. He's a total stranger, but I'm concerned about his well-being and do hope he is okay and needs to seek some help." | |
| Following the discovery of Rombough outside her home in September 2014, the police and the BBC organised extra security, the court heard. | |
| He had been to look for her house four months earlier, but had been unable to find the property. | |
| During his later visit, he left Mrs Womack a letter in which he said he feared he "couldn't deal with the consequences" of her rejecting him. | |
| The court heard Rombough admitted he had an "unhealthy crush" on Mrs Womack which had first developed when he was 16. | |
| In mitigation, Nicola Burt told the court Rombough accepted his actions were wrong "and how they impacted the victim". | |
| Presiding magistrate Robin Hornby made Rombough the subject of a two-year restraining order and mental health programme. | |
| "We must disregard that this was a high profile victim," he said. | |
| "Stalking is stalking and it does not matter who it is. It is not a nice thing." |