Chilling moment predator follows woman to work after bombarding her with sick messages in vile harassment campaign
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CHILLING footage shows the moment a creepy stalker followed an unsuspecting woman along the street as she walked to work. David Brudenell, 40, used a fake Facebook profile to stalk and harass seven different women leaving them "emotionally distressed".
He messaged one victim for several months and sent her sexually explicit messages which he had superimposed her face on to. A court heard Brudenell also sent her voice messages and a photograph he had taken of her showing the clothing she had been wearing that day.
The woman contacted the police last July and officers traced the account to Brudenell. He was captured on CCTV following her as she walked through Ilkeston, Derbyshire. After he was arrested, the sick stalker's phone was seized and group messages he sent to six other women were found.
The messages were all sexually explicit with some containing pornographic images. He also phoned one of the women several times leaving voicemails including one in which he threatened to rape her. Brudenell, of Ilkeston, was charged with stalking involving serious alarm distress, harassment and sending an electronic communication that conveyed a message which was indecent or grossly offensive.
He admitted the offences and was jailed for four years and four months at Derby Crown Court on January 7. He was also handed restraining orders preventing him from having any contact with any of the victims. Detective Sergeant Jack Gibbs, of Derbyshire Police, said afterwards: "Brudenell led a campaign of abuse against seven different victims.