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Friel's stalker avoids prison
Daily Express
|September 19, 2025
A STALKER who plagued TV star Anna Friel for nearly three years - bombarding her with emails and turning up unannounced at her home - yesterday avoided a jail sentence.
Phil Appleton, 71, had previously admitted stalking without serious alarm or distress, but claimed he had mental health conditions.
In a statement read out at his sentencing hearing, Ms Friel, 49, said: "This case had made me feel very threatened and as though I have to look over my shoulder all the time."
This story is from the September 19, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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