A 37-year-old man has pleaded responsible to stalking Strictly Come Dancing decide Shirley Ballas.
Kyle Shaw admitted stalking the 64-year-old dancer and TV star between 31 August 2017 and 29 November 2023.
In accordance with the cost, he brought on Ballas “serious alarm or distress, which had a substantial adverse effect on her usual day-to-day activities”.
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Shaw at court docket earlier this month. Pic: PA
The court docket heard he made continued makes an attempt to contact Ballas, together with posting a picture of her home on social media.
He additionally tried to contact household, associates and colleagues, monitored her on-line and TV presence and made preparations to go to her e book tour.
Ballas was so involved, the court docket was informed, that she elevated her safety measures, moved her mom to a distinct handle and altered social and work preparations.
Shaw, from Whetstone Lane in Birkenhead, was bailed at Liverpool Crown Courtroom forward of sentencing on 1 April.
He additionally admitted possessing hashish.
Choose Gary Woodhall informed him it was very doubtless he would get “an immediate custodial sentence”.
Ballas, initially from Wallasey, has been head decide on Strictly since 2017, when she changed Len Goodman.
Often known as the ‘Queen of Latin’, she retired from competitors in 1996 after profitable quite a few titles and went on to change into a dance coach and worldwide decide.
