Louise Minchin opens up on stalking hell
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Louise Minchin and daughter recall ‘terrifying’ stalking hell: ‘He’d stood outside our door’

Louise's stalker was sentenced in December 2021

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Lorraine presenter Louise Minchin and her daughter Mia previously opened up about their “terrifying” stalking hell.

Carl Davies, 44 at the time, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for the harassment of Louise and her family. And, just months after his hearing in December 2021, Louise and Mia discussed their ordeal on ITV‘s Tonight.

Louise Minchin and her daughter Mia
Louise Minchin opened up on her stalker hell on ITV’s Tonight (Credit: ITV)

Louise Minchin on her stalker hell

The pair became subjected to numerous death threats and vile messages in 2020.

On the programme, Mia revealed she came across the abuse after logging into her mum’s Instagram account.

Mia, 19, said: “Suddenly loads of messages started coming.

I was in floods of tears.

“They were all kind of just really offensive, calling us not very nice names and then they got much more graphic.

“It was the kind of actions that he wanted to do against me and mum which got really personal and they weren’t nice to read at all.”

Mia continued: “I was kind of terrified, all kind of shaking. I think my heart was beating really fast. I didn’t sleep all night. The entirety of the next day I was in floods of tears.”

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Louise explained that her stalker ‘stood outside her front door’ (Credit: SplashNews.com)

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In addition, Louise added: “It was very clear from the messages that this person knew exactly where we lived. He had stood outside our front door.

“You are kind of on this high state of alert all the time. You don’t know who they are. So, you don’t know that that person standing next to you isn’t them.”

Louise issues statement after stalker sentencing

Shortly after Davies appeared in court, Louise took to social media to share a statement.

The former BBC Breakfast host addressed his sentencing in a post on Twitter.

Captioning the tweet, she wrote: “Here is a message about the sentencing of a man who made horrific threats online against my daughter and I.”

It read: “Today marks the end of what has been a very distressing time for both of us.

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“I would like to thank North Wales Police and the Crown Prosecution Service for their hard work successfully investigating and prosecuting the case.”

Louise stands in for Lorraine Kelly today (July 19) on ITV1 from 9am.

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Nancy Brown
Associate Editor