Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleLydia Suffield had previously denied two counts of stalking involving serious alarm or distress (PA Wire)Freelance journalist Lydia Suffield has admitted stalking George Osborne and his wife, Thea Rogers, for over a year. Suffield sent emails and Instagram messages to the couple and filed false referrals to the children's charity NSPCC between June 2022 and July 2023. She initially denied two counts of stalking involving serious alarm or distress but pleaded guilty to two lesser stalking offences at Isleworth Crown Court. Suffield also contacted close friends, family, and work colleagues of the couple, making allegations of drug abuse and sending a gift for their young children. The journalist, from Liverpool, was granted bail with conditions not to contact the couple and is scheduled to be sentenced on 3 July. In fullJournalist admits stalking former chancellor George Osborne and his wife for more than a yearThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Former chancellor and his wife stalked for year by journalist
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleLydia Suffield had previously denied two counts of stalking involving serious alarm or distress (PA Wire)Freelance journalist Lydia Suffield has admitted stalking George Osborne and his wife, Thea Rogers, for over a year. Suffield sent emails and Instagram messages to the couple and filed false referrals to the children's charity NSPCC between June 2022 and July 2023. She initially denied two counts of stalking involving serious alarm or distress but pleaded guilty to two lesser stalking offences at Isleworth Crown Court. Suffield also contacted close friends, family, and work colleagues of the couple, making allegations of drug abuse and sending a gift for their young children. The journalist, from Liverpool, was granted bail with conditions not to contact the couple and is scheduled to be sentenced on 3 July. In fullJournalist admits stalking former chancellor George Osborne and his wife for more than a yearThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
