Caroline Flack's ex-fiance and former Apprentice star from Sheffield jailed for harassing journalist

The former fiance of the late TV star Caroline Flack has been jailed for a campaign of harassment against GB News presenter Dan Wootton, with a judge telling him: “This must stop.”
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Judge Jeremy Richardson QC, sitting at Sheffield Crown Court, said Andrew Brady's claims that Mr Wootton was in some way responsible for Miss Flack's death were “wholly irrational”, noting that the former executive editor of The Sun was actually a friend of the Love Island presenter, who died in 2020.

Judge Richardson told Brady his attacks on Mr Wootton, a MailOnline columnist, had “everything to do with your craving for celebrity status and your irritation that the press were not in the least interested in your somewhat uninteresting life.”

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Andrew Brady was jailed for four months for a campaign of harassment against news presenter Dan Wootton that began one year after Caroline Flack's death. Photo: Instagram/itsandrewbradyAndrew Brady was jailed for four months for a campaign of harassment against news presenter Dan Wootton that began one year after Caroline Flack's death. Photo: Instagram/itsandrewbrady
Andrew Brady was jailed for four months for a campaign of harassment against news presenter Dan Wootton that began one year after Caroline Flack's death. Photo: Instagram/itsandrewbrady
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Brady, 31, of Cross Bedford Street, Sheffield, admitted harassment at a hearing earlier this week and was on Friday (February 4) jailed for four months.

Judge Richardson noted that, given the time the defendant served on remand, he would be released in the “very near future”.

He imposed a 10-year restraining order banning Brady from contacting Mr Wootton, posting anything about him online, or going within 200 yards of his home or workplace.

In a statement read to the court, Mr Wootton - who watched the proceedings by video link - said he “adored” the “late, great Caroline Flack”.

Caroline Flack (Pic: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)Caroline Flack (Pic: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)
Caroline Flack (Pic: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)
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He said he had a close working relationship with her, and added: “I only ever wrote stories about Caroline that she wanted to be published.”

The journalist added: “She knew I had her back.”

Mr Wootton said the late presenter called him after ending her relationship with Brady, who had appeared on The Apprentice and Celebrity Big Brother, in 2018.

Mr Wootton said in his statement: “The public should be aware that he (Brady) has no credibility to speak on behalf of Caroline.”

But he added: “I hope he gets the help he needs.”

The court heard how Brady's campaign began on the year's anniversary of Miss Flack's death and involved what the judge described as “deeply unpleasant nonsense” across a range of platforms.

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Brady accused Mr Wootton of being a sex offender and a murderer during a two-month long campaign and compared him to convicted disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein.

WhatsApp voice messages left for the presenter by Brady included comments like: “You are culpable for people's deaths” and “you are an evil man who needs to be dealt with”.

The court heard how Brady was arrested and bailed in February 2021 but continued his campaign against the journalist.

Judge Richardson said it was “deeply offensive criminal conduct” and described it as “irrational” and “narcissistic”.

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He said: “You wholly irrationally purported to blame (Mr Wootton) in some bizarre way for (Miss Flack's) death.

“It must be made clear that nothing could be more removed from the truth.”

The judge said he was “entirely satisfied” that Brady's “catalogue of abuse” had “very little to do with the death of Miss Flack”.

The judge told Brady: “Put simply, you must stop doing what you do.”

He added: “Please mark my words. If that should happen, the likely sentence, given the history, will be measured in years not months.

“You have been warned.”