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| Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis opens up about being victim of stalker | Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis opens up about being victim of stalker |
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| The Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis has spoken for the first time about her 25-year stalking ordeal that has left her children requiring a security escort to get the school bus. | The Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis has spoken for the first time about her 25-year stalking ordeal that has left her children requiring a security escort to get the school bus. |
| Edward Vines met the journalist when they were undergraduates at Queen’s College, Cambridge University, and has previously been convicted for harassing Maitlis and bombarding her with messages. | Edward Vines met the journalist when they were undergraduates at Queen’s College, Cambridge University, and has previously been convicted for harassing Maitlis and bombarding her with messages. |
| The presenter told the Times Magazine how she has been left fearing for the safety of her two sons. “I wasn’t a celeb; I was just a student who knew him a bit. But it soon became very intense and he turned up everywhere. My whole family was trying to protect me.” | The presenter told the Times Magazine how she has been left fearing for the safety of her two sons. “I wasn’t a celeb; I was just a student who knew him a bit. But it soon became very intense and he turned up everywhere. My whole family was trying to protect me.” |
| Maitlis said that despite taking him to court more than a decade ago where he was convicted, Vines continues to harass her. “I had a police presence outside my house two months ago. There is an injunction and, when he breaches it, it starts again. | Maitlis said that despite taking him to court more than a decade ago where he was convicted, Vines continues to harass her. “I had a police presence outside my house two months ago. There is an injunction and, when he breaches it, it starts again. |
| “There is a weariness to it. It feels neverending. His life is ruined; I try to blank it. It’s a heaviness that sits on you, and when he comes back it’s dreadful. I get calls at all times of the day and night. It feels desperately sad. I can’t see how it will end.” | “There is a weariness to it. It feels neverending. His life is ruined; I try to blank it. It’s a heaviness that sits on you, and when he comes back it’s dreadful. I get calls at all times of the day and night. It feels desperately sad. I can’t see how it will end.” |
| The saga has left her feeling powerless and fearing for her family, she said. “For the first 15 years I thought if I did this or that, it would help. I now realise it’s not about me. | The saga has left her feeling powerless and fearing for her family, she said. “For the first 15 years I thought if I did this or that, it would help. I now realise it’s not about me. |
| “But it is when you need an escort to go to Sainsbury’s and my kids have to have a security guy to go to the school bus. He can start threatening. I am butch enough to run fast, but it’s my kids I mind about.” | “But it is when you need an escort to go to Sainsbury’s and my kids have to have a security guy to go to the school bus. He can start threatening. I am butch enough to run fast, but it’s my kids I mind about.” |
| Maitlis was forced to go in the witness box and be cross-examined by her persecutor when she took him to court in 2002 after he sacked his lawyer. She kept her head turned away from the dock and struggled to keep her composure during the questioning, which was brought to a halt after 45 minutes, when a court legal adviser decided it was too distressing for the journalist to continue. | Maitlis was forced to go in the witness box and be cross-examined by her persecutor when she took him to court in 2002 after he sacked his lawyer. She kept her head turned away from the dock and struggled to keep her composure during the questioning, which was brought to a halt after 45 minutes, when a court legal adviser decided it was too distressing for the journalist to continue. |