Emily Maitlis’ serial stalker is jailed for five years for another breach of a restraining order after sending letters to her from prison

A series of followers who sent a letter to the publisher Emily Maitlis and his family from behind railings was thrown to five years in prison this morning.

He told a jury what Edward Vines wrote to the journalist and his elderly parents Peter and Marion from prison, where he was sentenced to eight years in prison for his previous violations of an order that banned him from contact.

In 1990, when he was a student at the University of Cambridge, Mrs. Maitlis and Vines, who was briefly friends with a judge, was described as ‘torture without obsession’ with the former BBC Newsnight server.

Judge Mark Watson said 55 -year -old Vines showed a ‘complete conspiracy’ for the last restriction order given to him.

“A tragedy that I had to deal with Mr. Vines once again because he violated the restriction order imposed to stop his contact with Emily Maitlis and his family.

‘The only way to deterrent to him more is to send him a message that longer sentences will follow.

Moreover, he said he would not stop. He told the jury that he sent a letter to Marion Maitlis weeks before the hearing.

‘To quote the evidence, the restriction order’ does not give a hood ‘.

Edward Vines was found guilty of violating a restrictive order in order not to contact the former BBC Newsnight server or his family Marion and Peter Maitlis

‘The general effects of his efforts were deep.’

Before reading the statement of a sad victim effect of Ms. Maitlis, prosecutor Fergus Malone, grapes ‘never ending an endless and permanent obsession’ he said.

In a statement, Ms. Maitlis, who is currently hosting the news agents podcast, said: ‘The results of harassment for more than 30 years and I am experiencing the unwanted attention of this individual.

‘I am worried that this, especially because it reminds me of the whole experience, especially when I examine me in a previous case.’

He explained how his husband once opened the door of his house to find grapes there – the children of the couples had to accompany the school bus stop by a police officer.

Mrs. Maitlis added: ‘The idea that he may be about bail is deeply worried about my safety and my family’s safety.’

In 2022, Vines rejected three violations of the three restrictions or a violation attempt that his brother wanted to contact 92 -year -old Marion Maitlis.

The court heard that he had written a total of 24 letters for a period of 10 months between May 2023 and February 2024.

Mrs. Maitlis, depicted at an award event in December

Mrs. Maitlis said that he felt ’empathy’ for grapes because he suffers from ‘obsessive disease’.

He was found guilty last month, after lasting less than an hour to pronounce a jury in Nottingham Crown Court.

The hearing was told how the prisoner addressed the letters to Mrs. Maitlis and his family, including the allegations of ‘underestimating’ during their friendship at the university.

In a letter to the jury members, Mrs. Maitlis, the defendant claimed that he had been exposed to depression regularly ‘because his friendship ended and made for 30 years.

The court heard how the defendant sent envelopes with more than one letter, sometimes addressing the trio seized by the prison staff in the HMP Lowdham Grange in Nottinghamshire.

Vines was later arrested and interviewed – but still continued to send more letters.

Mr. Malone reads letters to the court aloud, sent by Vines through the prison mail system, which was said to be ‘miserable’ about friendship three months after he told Mrs. Maitlis that she loved her during their time at the university.

In July 2023, Vines wrote: ‘Despite the restriction order, I took the audacity to write to you because I was still miserable about what happened between us in 1990.

“ I have regularly experienced depression and has existed for 30 years. I confess, I’m not sure why I suffered like that, but I’m suffering. ‘

HMP Lowdham Grange, Nottinghamshire, Vines’ from Mrs. Maitlisss and his family

Mrs. Maitliss and her husband Mark Gwynne

At the hearing, Maitlis’s May a letter to Ms. Maitlis’s mother in May, Vines, Ms. Maitlis’ offish and described as described.

Today, when the case returned to Nottingham Crown Court for conviction, Vines refused to join the prison.

Mr. Malone said Maitlis family had previous 13 prisoners for 28 crimes dating back to 2002.

On this occasion, he was convicted of harassment and a few subsequent restrictions were ordered. Since then, he has been prosecuted many times for violating them.

Judge Watson said that grapes have a permanent delusional disorder, and that he had thought that there were psychosis attacks both in bed and detained since 2003.

However, the defendant said that he could make rational decisions and understand the consequences of his actions.

The judge added: ‘Mr. Vines is a very bright and articulated man.

“ There could have been a lot. Emily was tortured without releasing her obsession with Maitlis.

‘He was wasted more than twenty years of his life, and now he’s going to waste more in custody.’

The latest restriction order was held in September 2022 when Vines was put into prison for eight years, as he tried to violate a previous limitation order.

On this occasion, Judge Watson described him as a ‘tortured pre -occupation’ and a ‘obsession’ with his former BBC Newsnight server.

Judge Watson, Vines’ last sentence will increase until the eight -year period, he said.

Other celebrities who have suffered from followers in recent years include actress Claire Foy, Publisher Isla Traquair and Radio and TV star Jeremy Vine.

Vines became briefly friends with Mrs. Maitlis when they were both students at Cambridge University in 1989.

Ms. Maitlis interviewed Prince Andrew and interviewed the Disarrade News, which led the Duke of York to return from its official public duties after being criticized for a lack of regret about the non -sympathetic tone and friendship with the infamous financier Jeffrey Epstein.

He said he felt ’empathy’ for grapes last year because he suffered from ‘obsessional disease’.

In addition, instead of mental health, it is very closely related to magic and celebrities, he said to be renamed.

Maitlis said that we should look at how we look at such criminal behaviors and see him as ‘obsessive illness’.

Desperately looking for the wisdom podcast, ‘Look, (Edward Vines)’ I think that all his life died, frankly.

“ Of course I feel, I feel empathy.

‘I think the problem of following a kind of celebrity or eye -catching – some kind of dark streets and high -heeled shoes – and most followers have nothing to do with it.

‘This is only about an obsessive disease in the person’s mind, and we are actually getting much better in recognizing mental health and countless forms.’

News agents servers Jon Sopel, Emily Maitlis and Lewis Goodall were depicted at a Podcast event in London two years ago

Maitlis said that it is time to think of a different term that focuses on the use of the word follow -up in general and that it is a medical disease.

He explained: ‘And I think we have to find a different word for follow -up, which is much more interested in the proper work of the brain.

“ I know you don’t just need a prison system. You need a psychiatric system. ‘

Ms. Maitlis told how Vines’ fixation with her her husband Mark Gwynne had influenced her relationship with her.

Maitlis said: ‘I disappointed my relationship with my husband, even though we have been fighting through courts and CPs for more than twenty years, we could not reach the bottom of the problem and scared my children who thought that the threat had gone from the road – temporarily behind the railings.’