A FORMER Amazon delivery driver has been convicted of stalking British tennis star Emma Raducanu, who felt his actions made her feel insecure.
Amrit Magar, from Edgware, visited Raducanu’s London suburb home three times and left flowers and notes, apparently indicating his obsession for the US Open champion.
Among the messages he left at her home was a map showing how he walked from north London to her residence, Bromley magistrates court heard. A note with it read: “23 miles walked 4 you.”
He also put up Christmas lights on a tree at her house.
But he was caught in December stealing her father’s shoe which he mistook for hers and which he wanted to keep as a “souvenir”.
Magar, 35, who is now out on bail, is ordered not to contact the Raducanus or visit their street.
“Since all this has happened, I have felt creeped out. I feel very apprehensive if I go out, especially if I am on my own,” the Mail quoted the tennis player as saying.
She told the court that following Magar’s actions, she felt scared to go out alone.
“Because of this, I feel like my freedom has been taken away from me. I am constantly looking over my shoulder. I feel on edge and worried this could happen again. I don’t feel safe in my own home, which is where I should feel safest.”
Worried that he would come back to her property, she told the police that she was looking for a new house where better security arrangements could be made.
Magar told the court on Friday (28) that he felt ashamed to learn what his actions agonised her. But he did not feel they amounted to harassment.
District judge Sushil Kumar said: “His inability to explain how he did not think this was harassment is incapable of belief.”
His sentencing will take place next month.
Edgware man convicted of stalking Raducanu
Moglai Bap and Mo Chara of Kneecap perform at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, Britain, June 28, 2025. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
Police may probe anti-Israel comments at Glastonbury
BRITISH police said they were considering whether to launch an investigation after performers at Glastonbury Festival made anti-Israel comments during their shows.
"We are aware of the comments made by acts on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury Festival this afternoon," Avon and Somerset Police, in western England, said on X late on Saturday (28).
Irish hip-hop group Kneecap and punk duo Bob Vylan made anti-Israeli chants in separate shows on the West Holts stage on Saturday. One of the members of Bob Vylan chanted "Death, death, to the IDF" in a reference to the Israel Defense Forces.
"Video evidence will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation," the police statement said.
The Israeli Embassy in Britain said it was "deeply disturbed by the inflammatory and hateful rhetoric expressed on stage at the Glastonbury Festival".
Prime minister Keir Starmer said earlier this month it was "not appropriate" for Kneecap to appear at Glastonbury.
The band's frontman Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh was charged with a terrorism offence last month for allegedly displaying a flag in support of Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah at a concert in November. He has denied the charge.
A British government minister said it was appalling that the anti-Israel chants had been made at Glastonbury, and that the festival's organisers and the BBC broadcaster - which is showing the event - had questions to answer.
Health secretary Wes Streeting said he was also appalled by violence committed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
"I'd also say to the Israeli Embassy, get your own house in order in terms of the conduct of your own citizens and the settlers in the West Bank," Streeting told Sky News.
"I wish they'd take the violence of their own citizens towards Palestinians more seriously," he said.
(Reuters)