Former BBC radio presenter Alex Belfield was jailed for five-and-a-half years for stalking
YouTuber Alex Belfield is planning to appeal against his prison sentence for stalking four men online.after being convicted in September.
His planned appeal has now been mentioned in court by the trial judge, at a hearing which related to an error made when Belfield was sentenced.Mr Justice Saini had sentenced Belfield to two-and-a-half years for stalking one of the complainants, Bernie Keith. He did so after the prosecution told him the maximum sentence for this offence was five years, but the maximum sentence is actually 10 years."The Crown makes no submission that the overall sentence was, given the new knowledge of the legal position, inappropriate or unduly lenient," said Mr Justice Saini at Leicester Crown Court.
"Bearing in mind the need for an overall proportionate sentence and the principle of totality, I am not satisfied that my final overall sentence of five years and 26 weeks would have been substantially higher had I been made aware of the correct legal position on count 5 [the charge relating to Bernie Keith]."
The Court of Appeal has confirmed Belfield has made an application for permission to appeal his sentence, but said this is "still in the very early stages of the process".
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