Stalker spared prison for six years harassing Ballas

Kyle Shaw, 37, bombarded the TV star, her friends and colleagues with threats and messages after his mother told him his dad was Shirley's late brother, David Rich.
Distress
Wearing a face-mask and baseball cap at Liverpool Crown Court, Shaw was handed a lifelong restraining order banning him from contacting Shirley, her niece, mother and former partner. Shaw, of Birkenhead, Wirral, was also given a 20-month suspended prison sentence after admitting stalking the BBC star, causing serious harm or distress, between August 31, 2017 and November 29, 2023-and possession of cannabis.
Shaw sobbed when Judge Gary Woodhall delivered the sentence. The judge told him: "Since 2017 you have engaged in persistent, unwanted online contact with Shirley Ballas and her family. You did so because your mother told you Shirley Ballas's late brother was your biological father.
"I'm satisfied that your motive for this offending was a desire to seek contact with people you genuinely believed were your family.
"This was not an offence driven out of delusional beliefs, physical attraction or simply an obsession with a celebrity." Prosecutor Nicola Daley said Shaw accused Shirley of being responsible for th...