A serial stalker who sent letters to Emily Maitlis and her parents from behind bars was jailed this morning for five years.
Vines - who had briefly become friends with Ms Maitlis while they were both students at Cambridge Universityin 1990 - has repeatedly breached orders banning him from contacting the journalist and broadcaster and was in prison for similar offences.
Judge Mark Watson told a court Vines had shown 'utter comptempt' for a restraining order and added: 'It is a tragedy that I once again have to deal with Mr Vines for breaching the restraining order imposed to stop him having contact with Emily Maitlis and her family.
'His obsession with Emily Maitlis has tortured him without release.'
Vines was last month found guilty of breaching a restraining order not to contact the former BBC Newsnight host or her parents Marion and Peter Maitlis by posting letters whilst in prison to all three between May 2023 and February 2024.
