Alex Belfield: Former BBC presenter denies stalking charges

Alex Belfield used to be a presenter at BBC Radio Leeds

A former BBC presenter has appeared in court charged with stalking staff members including Jeremy Vine.

Alex Belfield, who used to work for BBC Radio Leeds, denied 12 charges of stalking when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Thursday.

The 41-year-old, who lives in Nottingham, is alleged to have stalked a total of eight people between November 2012 and March 2021.

He is due to stand trial on 4 July next year.

The full wording of the charges, read out in court, stated Mr Belfield had "pursued a course of conduct that amounted to harassment" of the complainants, which had "amounted to stalking" and caused them "serious alarm or distress".

Mr Belfield is charged with stalking eight people, including BBC presenter Jeremy Vine (pictured)

The charges are:

• Stalking Rozina Breen between 25 November 2012 and 2 April 2017, and between 3 April 2017 and 31 March 2021

• Stalking Liz Green between 25 November 2012 and 2 April 2017, and between 3 April 2017 and 31 March 2021

• Stalking Helen Thomas between 25 November 2012 and 2 April 2017, and between 3 April 2017 and 31 March 2021

• Stalking Stephanie Hirst between 1 June 2017 and 31 March 2021

• Stalking Bernard Spedding between 25 November 2012 and 2 April 2017, and between 3 April 2017 and 31 March 2021

• Stalking Ben Hewis between 29 September 2019 and 31 March 2021

• Stalking Philip Dehany between 3 November 2019 and 31 March 2021

• Stalking Jeremy Vine between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021

Mr Belfield, of Shaldon Close, Mapperley, was released on conditional bail and will appear at the same court again on 4 November for a case management hearing.