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Craig David ‘felt violated’ after stalker turned up at his home – with woman now banned from contacting musician for five years
Craig David left him feeling ‘violated’ in his own home, a court has heard.Tanya Jeal, 31, turned up at the pop star’s home and a hotel where he was staying, and sent a letter to his family and messaged his friends on social media.She was handed a stalking protection order on Friday, banning her from contacting the musician for five years.During a hearing at Bromley Magistrates’ Court, Jeal, of Orpington in Kent, admitted contacting and pursuing Mr David but said she was just an ‘innocent fan’.In a witness impact statement read to the court by Flora Curtis, a barrister representing the Metropolitan Police, Mr David said the incident ‘left me feeling violated in my own home’.‘I want to be able to walk down the street without having to look over my shoulder,’ he wrote.Ms Curtis said the pair met during an album signing at HMV in 2016, where the singer briefly spoke to Jeal before taking a photo with her.She said their next interaction was later that year when Mr David was staying at Sofitel near Heathrow Airport.The pair took another photograph together before she was escorted off the premises by his security, which Jeal claimed happened in 2017.In his statement, Mr David said he could tell she was an ‘overexcited fan’ and took a picture with her at the hotel in a bid to prevent her from contacting him again.The court heard that Jeal sent him messages on Snapchat in the years that followed, and continued to watch his Instagram stories while she was travelling in India.She also sent a letter to Mr David’s family, apparently ‘warning him’ that his manager was using him as a ‘cash cow’ and ‘didn’t care about him’, and that she believed the singer was communicating with her through the radio.The court heard that Jeal went to
