A 35-year-old man has been found guilty in a UK court of stalking teenage tennis ace Emma Raducanu
Ex-Amazon delivery driver Amrit Magar will be sentenced at a later date for a stalking campaign of US Open winner, 19-year-old Brit Emma Raducanu, after being found guilty at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
Raducanu, ranked 18th in the world, told police that she remains nervous to leave her house after being inundated with unwanted notes and gifts from the 35-year-old Magar, who is married.
The court heard that Magar became besotted with Raducanu after watching her compete on television while he was unemployed, and later discovered her home address by asking locals in the area of London she lives with her parents.
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He left the tennis star a series of notes, with one saying that she “deserved love” and another providing an illustration of the 23 miles he claims he walked from his home in north London to her residence.
The court was also told that in early December Magar decorated a tree on the Raducanu property with Christmas ornaments and decorations, as well as stealing a tennis shoe from the garden thinking it was Raducanu’s – but instead it belonged to her father.
When he was later arrested, Magar was carrying the shoe in a bag and told officers that it was a “memento“.
