Alex Jones: Banning order for fan who tweeted he loved presenter

Alex Jones had stints on a number of Welsh-language shows before joining the One Show

A fan who bombarded the BBC's Alex Jones with tweets declaring he was in love with her has been banned from any contact with the Welsh TV presenter.

Shane Goldsmith sent the 38-year-old One Show star a string of messages for 17 months and waited outside the BBC's headquarters to tell her he loved her.

A judge imposed a restraining order which also bars him from the BBC's New Broadcasting House in central London.

Mr Goldsmith, 44, was formally cleared of a single charge of harassment.

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Senior district judge Howard Riddle imposed the restraining order at Westminster Magistrates' Court, banning him from having any contact with the presenter, her partner Charlie Thomson or her parents Alun and Mary Jones.

Goldsmith, of no fixed abode, is also barred from going to any other place Miss Jones lives or works.

Before succeeding Christine Bleakley as a One Show host, Miss Jones had stints on a number of Welsh-language shows and appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2011.