Andrew Brady, former fiancée of the late Caroline Flack, has been jailed following a tirade of abuse against a GB News presenter.
At Sheffield Crown Court on Friday (4 February), the judge told Mr Brady, 31, that his campaign of harassment against Dan Wootton 'must stop.'
Judge Jeremy Richardson QC, sitting at Sheffield Crown Court, said Andrew Brady’s claims that Mr Wootton was in some way responsible for Miss Flack’s death were 'wholly irrational', noting that the former executive editor of The Sun was actually a friend of the Love Island presenter, who died in 2020.
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Judge Richardson told Brady his attacks on Mr Wootton, a MailOnline columnist, had 'everything to do with your craving for celebrity status and your irritation that the press were not in the least interested in your somewhat uninteresting life.'
Brady, 31, of Cross Bedford Street, Sheffield, admitted harassment at a hearing earlier this week and was on Friday jailed for four months.
Judge Richardson noted that, given the time the defendant served on remand, he would be released in the 'very near future.'
He imposed a 10-year restraining order banning Brady from contacting Mr Wootton, posting anything about him online, or going within 200 yards of his home or workplace.
Describing some of the social media posts and messages about Mr Wootton as 'utterly outrageous', Judge Richardson warned Brady he faces a prison sentence measured in years if he breaches the order.
In an earlier hearing, the judge heard how Brady compared Mr Wootton to convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein during an online campaign lasting more than two months.
He also posted an explicit picture of himself and invited the journalist to engage in sexual activity, the court heard.
