CLAIRE Foy "feared for her life" after an obsessed stalker sent 1,000 emails and turned up at her home. Jason Penrose, 49, bombarded The Crown actress with sickening rape emails and begged her to be his girlfriend.
He also showed up at her home - forcing Foy, 38, to call the police - and contacted her sister, ex-boyfriend and agent. Penrose has now admitted stalking involving serious alarm or distress, which carries a maximum jail sentence of ten years.
He also pleaded guilty to two breaches of a stalking protection order. Thames Magistrates' Court heard how Penrose first got in touch with the actress in August to ask her to be in a film he was writing.
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