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| Three men charged with harassment of BBC presenter | Three men charged with harassment of BBC presenter |
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| From left to right: Kristofer Alexander Deichler, Jatinder Singh Kamra, and Sukhraj Bir Singh | From left to right: Kristofer Alexander Deichler, Jatinder Singh Kamra, and Sukhraj Bir Singh |
| Three members of a group which was the subject of a BBC investigation have been charged with harassing the show's presenter Catrin Nye. | Three members of a group which was the subject of a BBC investigation have been charged with harassing the show's presenter Catrin Nye. |
| Kristofer Alexander Deichler, 46, Jatinder Singh Kamra, 45 and Sukhraj Bir Singh, 38, were charged with harassment without violence between 28 August and 6 September 2024. | Kristofer Alexander Deichler, 46, Jatinder Singh Kamra, 45 and Sukhraj Bir Singh, 38, were charged with harassment without violence between 28 August and 6 September 2024. |
| They are members of Lighthouse - a group which was the subject of the 2023 podcast and TV documentary A Very British Cult. | They are members of Lighthouse - a group which was the subject of the 2023 podcast and TV documentary A Very British Cult. |
| All three were arrested in London last September and have been on bail since. | All three were arrested in London last September and have been on bail since. |
| No date has yet been set for a court hearing. | No date has yet been set for a court hearing. |
| The BBC podcast and TV documentary told the story of Lighthouse International Group – which has since rebranded itself as Lighthouse Global. | |
| The group began as a life coaching organisation led by a man called Paul Waugh. | The group began as a life coaching organisation led by a man called Paul Waugh. |
| In the programme, a number of people who were signed up to the group shared their experiences about the organisation and how they were promised that investing in "pioneering mentoring" would "transform their lives". | |
| But according to the documentary's subjects, none of the returns ever materialised. | |
| Past members also made allegations of threatening and abusive behaviour from the organisation's leaders. |