A schizophrenic man has been cleared of stalking an aristocrat and model dubbed the 'face of Royal Ascot'.

Mirsad Veliji was accused of mounting a campaign of harassment against Lady Martha Sitwell, 45, between April and August 2022.

It was alleged he stood in front of her Kensington flat in July 2022 and 'made a strangling noise before watching Ms Sitwell'.

On another occasion it was said Veliji 'cycled very close to Ms Sitwell and laughed out loud.'

But a jury at Isleworth Crown Court took just over an hour to clear him of two charges of stalking.