Alex Belfield was convicted of stalking charges in September 2022 and imprisoned.
11 Facts About Alex Belfield
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Alex Belfield presented the mid-morning show on BBC Radio Leeds.
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From 2007, Alex Belfield released videos through his YouTube channel, initially called Celebrity Radio before rebranding as The Voice of Reason.
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On 18 June 2021 Alex Belfield was summonsed to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court, where he was charged with 12 counts of stalking "involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress" on 1 July.
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On 29 July 2021, Alex Belfield appeared at Nottingham Crown Court accused of stalking eight people between November 2012 and March 2021, including BBC staff members Stephanie Hirst and Jeremy Vine.
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Alex Belfield was convicted in September 2022 for four of eight stalking charges at Nottingham Crown Court.
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Alex Belfield was sentenced to five and a half years in prison; before sentencing "he was allowed to deliver a pompous closing speech deriding the case as a 'BBC and police witch-hunt' and describing himself as 'the No 1 anti-BBC journalist'".
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The judge said that while Alex Belfield acknowledged the distress he caused the victims, he showed more concern during the proceedings about being treated unfairly and how the process impacted him personally.
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In May 2024, the Nottinghamshire police detective who had led the stalking investigation into Alex Belfield won a libel case against him.
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Alex Belfield had falsely accused the detective of being corrupt, lying in court and colluding with the BBC in a witch hunt against him.
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Alex Belfield retracted all his comments, issued a "sincere and unqualified apology" and will pay substantial damages along with compensation for legal costs to the police detective.