A suspected stalker sent Mylene Klass costumes as Catwoman and a police officer and tried to post an air pistol during a nine-month harassment campaign, a court heard.
Prosecutors said Peter Windsor, 60, also sent the former pop star multiple letters and “unwanted gifts, including shoes and jewelry.”
According to legal documents, he knew that his alleged stalking would have a “material adverse effect on Ms. Klass’s normal daily activities” and that it would cause her “severe anxiety or distress,” or He says he should have known.
Windsor is also suspected of stalking Klass’ colleague, Classic FM late-night presenter Katie Breswick, 53.
Prosecutors say that between 2020 and 2023, he sent Breswick items such as binoculars, running shoes, a bottle of champagne and a stamp collection.
Both Mr Breswick and Mr Klas, 46, received a series of unwanted and “incoherent” letters bearing Mr Windsor’s address and appearing to be in his handwriting, Birmingham Crown Court was told.
Prosecutors said Mr Windsor targeted Mr Breswick for about three years before diverting his attention to Mr Klass, a colleague at Classic FM.
The items were allegedly sent to the radio station’s London bureau, but the air pistol was intercepted before it could reach the mother-of-three, the court heard.
Suspected stalker sent Myleene Klass costumes as a Catwoman and a police officer and tried to post an air pistol during a nine-month harassment campaign
Windsor is also accused of stalking Klass’ co-worker, Katie Breswick, 53.
Neither Mr. Breswick nor Mr. Klass, who rose to fame in 2001 with the pop group Hear Say, formed through the reality show Popstars, were present at last month’s brief hearing.
Mr Windsor, of Stechford, Birmingham, appeared by video link from prison, where he is being held.
Defense solicitor Phil Brandt successfully applied for an adjournment. He has not yet entered a plea to two charges of causing serious alarm by stalking, but a trial is scheduled for March.
Hear’Say’s 2001 hit “Pure & Simple” is one of the best-selling debut singles of all time, selling 550,000 copies in its first week of release and being the first of the group’s two UK No. 1s. It became.
However, their success was short-lived and the group disbanded after 18 months.
Ms. Klass, a classically trained musician, won runner-up on I’m a Celebrity four years later, and her scene of the star showering in a white bikini became a lasting image of the series.
The bikini was later sold at a charity auction, raising £7,500.
Last year, Klass became the first I’m a Celebrity Legend, winning the “All Stars” version of the show set in South Africa. As well as her work with Classic FM, she is also a panellist on ITV’s Loose Women.
Klass is in a long-term relationship with Simon Motson, with whom she has a son who was born in 2019.
Robert Thorogood, from the BBC series Death in Paradise, has worked at Classic FM since 2008.