Cops searching for alleged Yungblud stalker after she fails to attend court
The 52-year-old woman is wanted by police after being accused of stalking singer Yungblud.
Theresa Foley is accused of violating a ban on attending demonstrations. He is prohibited from contacting the singer or anyone on his staff, from going within one mile of any venue where the singer is performing, and from using social media to post about her.
Foley is accused of violating the terms of a five-year stalking protection order imposed in January by yelling at Yungblud fans who were queuing to see his concert in London in April.
Foley, also known as Lucie Black, was due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Monday on charges of breaching a stalking protection order.
When he did not appear, judges issued an arrest warrant and authorized the police to arrest him.
The stalking protection order was granted in South Yorkshire Magistrates’ Court on January 7 and banned Foley from contacting Yungblud, whose real name is Dominic Harrison, or any members of his entourage.
Under the terms of the order, which was obtained after police presented evidence of behavior linked to stalking, Foley cannot attempt to contact her or go to venues where she sings and cannot create or distribute social media posts about the singer.
Prosecutor Tom Gill told the court Foley was accused of breaching the order within three months of it being made by going to Here at Outernet in London’s West End as Yungblud fans were queuing to get into one of his concerts.
“He studies the people in the row, then they realize he shouldn’t be at this particular concert,” he said.
“Apparently there is an order to protect the artist present at this location.”
It appears that a traffic cone was placed on Foley’s head by Yungblud fans after he allegedly started shouting profanities.
Doncaster-born Yungblud, 28, played two special concerts at the Outernet venue on Charing Cross Road on April 3 ahead of the start of his world tour, which is currently on its US leg.
Foley, who lives in Sheffield, did not appear in court when his case was first due to be heard at the beginning of May.
He sent an email to the court stating that he was “scared” of going to court and asked for the hearing to be postponed, claiming that he had contracted Covid-19 and another unnamed virus.
While the judges were persuaded to postpone the hearing to May 18, Foley told the court in his email that the follow-up order should be overturned.
The arrest warrant issued on Monday means police have the authority to arrest Foley and hold him in custody until he appears in court.
