Birmingham stalker gets indefinite hospital order

A Birmingham man who stalked television and radio presenter Myleene Klass and her Classic FM colleague Katie Breathwick over four years has been given an indefinite hospital order following his conviction for causing them serious alarm and distress.

Peter Windsor, 61, of Mary Road in Stechford, was sentenced on Thursday at Coventry Crown Court after a jury at Birmingham Crown Court found him unanimously guilty last October of two counts of stalking. The offenses occurred between March 2020 and August 2024, during which Windsor sent numerous unwanted items and letters to the women's workplaces at Classic FM's central London studios. Prosecutors described the conduct as sustained and persistent, marked by its bizarre and unpredictable nature.

Among the items Windsor posted were an air pistol in a box addressed to Klass, handcuffs, a police uniform, a DIY will-writing kit, handwritten notes, binoculars, perfume and running shoes. He sent Breathwick around 100 such parcels and notes, which she shared with Klass out of concern for her colleague's safety. One note referred to Klass as a "naughty vixen," while another letter to Breathwick expressed a desire to go paddling in a lake...