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A man has been given a 10-year restraining order for a "prolonged campaign" of stalking TV presenter Fern Britton.

James Haviland, 63, admitted stalking Ms Britton without fear, alarm or distress between November 2021 and September 2023 in Wadebridge, Cornwall.

He sent the former This Morning host "unwanted" flowers and stayed in the cottage she rents out in the county.

Haviland, from Chineham, Hampshire, was told to complete 150 hours of unpaid work when he was sentenced at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

He stayed in her Cornish property for a week last September and then made a further booking to stay there in November 2023.

Haviland had also stayed in Wadebridge three times between February and November 2022.

He had also sent Ms Britton flowers three times between November 2021 and July 2023.

District judge Stephen Apted said Haviland had caused Ms Britton "distress and anxiety" in his "prolonged campaign" of stalking.

He will need to complete a 12-month community order, which includes 12 rehabilitation sessions.

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