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David Beckham, was left fearing for the safety of his family after a stalker believing to be his daughter Harper’s mother approached her at school, a court heard.The ex Manchester United player claims he does not know the woman in question, and has insisted that she is not the mother of his four children. David, 47, felt “threatened and frightened for the safety of his family” due to the alleged stalking incident, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard at a hearing yesterday. Sharon Bell, 58, is said to believe that Beckham and his wife Victoria stole her eggs and that 10-year-old Harper is her legitimate child, the court heard. It is also alleged she is also under the delusional belief that she was in a relationship with the former England footballer.Sharon turned up at Harper's primary school in an attempt to speak to her and was also there when Victoria, 48, arrived to collect her daughter, the court heard. At the hearing yesterday, prosecutor Arizuna Asante said: “[David] felt threatened, he felt frightened for the safety of his family, and he believed this behaviour was targeted and intimidating.”“He says he does not know the defendant and she is not the mother of his children,” he continued.The court heard that Sharon did not attend the hearing on account of being in hospital, where she has been sectioned. After sending a series of letters to the Beckhams' homes in Oxford and London, Sharon also tried to visit the addresses in July and September last year, the court heardThe Watford woman previously pleaded not guilty to a charge of stalking and is facing trial on 12 July.Lisa Wilson, Sharon’s lawyer, made submissions about how the trial should proceed in the case that Sharon is not found to be insane by the

Football star David Beckham was left feeling ‘threatened’ and ‘frightened for the safety of his family’ after an alleged stalker, who believes she is the mother of his daughter Harper, turned up at the child’s school, a court has heard.Sharon Bell, 58, is said to be under the delusional belief that she was in a relationship with the former Manchester United and England footballer, that he and wife Victoria Beckham stole her eggs, and that their 10-year-old daughter is her legitimate child.Bell allegedly sent a series of letters to the Beckhams’ homes in Oxford and London before attending the addresses in July and September last year.Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that she also turned up at Harper’s primary school in a bid to speak to her, and was there when Victoria, 48, arrived to collect her daughter.Prosecutor Arizuna Asante said of 47-year-old ex-Real Madrid, PSG, AC Milan and LA Galaxy star Beckham: ‘He felt threatened, he felt frightened for the safety of his family, and he believed this behaviour was targeted and intimidating.’‘He says he does not know the defendant and she is not the mother of his children,’ they added.Bell, of Boundary Way, Watford, has previously pleaded not guilty to a charge of stalking and faces trial on July 12.She did not attend the hearing on Friday, which heard that she is currently in hospital, where she has been sectioned.Her lawyer, Lisa Wilson, said that if her client is not found by the court to be insane, she wants the Beckhams, who will be on holiday at the time of the trial, to be called as witnesses so they can be questioned about her claims.The court heard that this would include putting the suggestion to former Spice Girls singer Victoria, who has four children with her

A woman who allegedly stalked David Beckham and tried to make contact with his daughter Harper is due to appear in court next week. Sharon Bell, 58, is alleged to have stalked the football legend by attempting to contact him repeatedly and sending him a series of letters as well as trying to contact his ten year old daughter Harper at school.The Metropolitan Police accused Bell of carrying out "acts associated with stalking".

David Beckham's stalker Sharon Bell has been accused of harassing the footballing legend, 46, and repeatedly attempting to contact him.

David Beckham at his luxury London and Oxfordshire homes and allegedly targeting his ten-year-old daughter. Sharon Bell, 58, is accused of harassing the former Manchester United and England midfielder with a series of letters and alleged attempts to make contact with the star. It is said Bell turned up at the school of Beckham’s daughter, Harper, in an attempt to meet her, and she is also accused of going to the family home in west London.

A care home worker has been banned from working in the sector after accepting a cheque for £20,000 from a resident in order to buy a new car.