Lag who stalked Emily Maitlis for 25 years faces trial for ‘sending letter to her mum’

A LAG jailed after stalking TV’s Emily Maitlis for more than 25 years is to stand trial accused of sending a letter to her mum to pass on to her.

Edward Vines denies breaching a restraining order imposed on him in 2009 for harassing the BBC Newsnight journalist.

It is claimed he sent a letter to Marian Maitlis to give to Emily “without reasonable excuse”.

Vines, 49, was briefly pals with Emily when they were at Cambridge University. He was jailed for 45 months last January for flouting his restraining order by writing to her from prison.

The inmate, representing himself, ­followed proceedings yesterday via a hearing loop at Nottingham crown court.

Vines, formerly of Oxford, but now of HMP Ranby in Retford, Notts, was remanded in custody. He is due to face a two-day trial next February.

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