A stalker who adopted a rich businessman’s daughter for months from London to Scotland earlier than posting an image outdoors her household property faces jail at present.
Alexander Rodrigo Kaliszewski, 34, tailed structure pupil Honor Weatherall between January and August 2020.
He travelled to her household house close to Dumfries on 13 June 2020, then posted a photograph of ruins on her household property with the caption ‘Simply going to sit back up close to this break till I get bored’.
Ms Weatherall instructed her dad and mom her stalker had adopted her from London, and her father confronted Kaliszewski and organized for him to be pushed again to the practice station.
Ms Weatherall’s prolonged household management the conglomerate Jardine Matheson Holdings Restricted.
Her father Percy Weatherall has been on the board of administrators of Dairy Farm Worldwide Holdings Restricted, a multi-billion greenback Hong Kong-based retail group.
The structure pupil felt in ‘grave hazard’ after being stalked by Kaliszewski for months.
After studying stories District Decide John Zani stated: ‘I don’t see real regret. I’m disturbed that there was a change of plea on the day of trial.
‘The impact on this sufferer is substantial. He isn’t an unintelligent man, he is aware of the distinction between proper and improper, and I’m minded to ship this to the crown court docket.
‘I’m astonished that it is just now that he absolutely understands the place of this sufferer.
Alexander Rodrigo Kaliszewski, 34, tailed structure pupil Honor Weatherall for months
Marina Hacking, Honor Weatherall and Idina Might Moncreiffe attend the launch of Stella Tennant and Isabella Cawdor’s assortment
‘He’s a 34-year-old man who’s taking these choices.’
Kaliszewski tried to talk from the dock, when District Decide Zani stated: ‘Please don’t interrupt me, except you need me to remand you in custody.
‘This was a persistent interval of stalking that went on for six months.
‘This isn’t a case, for my part, I don’t take into account court docket’s sentencing powers adequate.’
District Decide Zani dedicated Kaliszewski to Isleworth Crown Courtroom for sentencing on a date to be mounted.
Kaliszewski later breached a stalking prevention order on 2 June 2021 by liking images on Ms Weatherall’s Instagram web page whereas he was on bail.
Prosecutor Alex Alawode stated: ‘The defendant was messaged by the defendant’s boyfriend, the defendant described being in a relationship along with her, and he was contemplating transferring to New York along with her as soon as she acquired a job there.’
In an announcement learn to the court docket, Ms Weatherall stated: ‘Attributable to sleepless nights and fixed fear, my work at college has suffered.
Alexander Rodrigo Kaliszewski, 34, bombarded Honor Weatherall, 24, with messages on social media
Her father Percy Weatherall has been on the board of administrators of Dairy Farm Worldwide Holdings Restricted, a multi-billion greenback Hong Kong-based retail group, and he owns the Mandarin Oriental
‘Now, producing the extent of labor I would like has been way more tough.
‘After I’m in London, I worry being alone.
‘I additionally worry strangers coming as much as me on the street, even when they’re simply asking for instructions.’
Prosecutor Jonathan Bryan stated throughout an earlier listening to: ‘She turned conscious that the defendant posted about her in 2019, though she had by no means met him.
‘Ms Weatherall had posted, and in response he responded to that, and Ms Weatherall, with out considering, answered. That was on Fb.
‘All through January and February he made contact, or tried to make contact, on Instagram, and there are a sequence of Instagram posts on 26 August.’
Within the posts Kaliszewski stated ‘I shall not be a pest’, and that the state of affairs was ‘far out’.
Kaliszewski made 10 Instagram profiles to contact Ms Weatherall, however she blocked all of them.
Mr Bryan continued: ‘She didn’t know him, she had by no means met him, and she or he has under no circumstances inspired his contact.
‘She obtained an Instagram message from Mr Kaliszewski, what involved her is the photograph, which is that it was her house.
‘She instructed her dad and mom about it, she had by no means instructed them concerning the stalker in any respect.
‘Her father went out and when he went to the spot the place the photograph was taken, Mr Kaliszewski stepped out from a bush.
‘He had travelled to Scotland and walked 5 miles from the station to their house.
‘Mr Weatherall made it clear in no unsure phrases that his contact was unwelcome.’
Ms Weatherall later noticed Kaliszewski in a London cafe whereas having breakfast along with her mom and a buddy.
Mr Bryan, studying from the younger lady’s assertion, stated: ‘After half-hour I noticed somebody out of the nook of my eye.
‘He was sat going through away from my desk, I noticed him have a look at me after which flip away from us.
‘For 5 minutes I simply sat there and did not say something.
‘I instructed my mom, she stood up and went to the cafe to ask concerning the man.
‘The defendant stood up together with his canine on a leash and came to visit to me, and stated ‘Whats up there.’
‘After 30 seconds or so he then walked off, his physique language had been awkward however type of assured.’
Kaliszewski had additionally despatched her images of her dad or mum’s flat taken from avenue stage.
Mr Bryan continued: ‘He has used an image of the Starship Enterprise and stated: ‘Boldly going the place no man has gone earlier than, Honor’s bed room!’, and a photograph of her dad and mom’ flat the place bed room would have been.’
Moira Macfarlane, for Kaliszewksi, instructed the court docket he genuinely believed Honor was encouraging him to contact her.
Ms Weatherall additionally posted a screenshot from the 1963 Bond movie Dr No on her Instagram web page, which Kaliszewski believed to be a reference to his Spotify playlist of songs from the identical movie.
This occurred on the identical day Ms Weatherall’s boyfriend, posing as a buddy of the sufferer, messaged Kaliszewski to congratulate him on their engagement, and requested for his deal with so he may ostensibly ship flowers.
Ms MacFarlane stated: ‘I feel Mr Kaliszewski turned conscious that his thought processes will not be aligned with most people.
‘Honor’s boyfriend despatched messages to the defendant posing as a buddy providing congratulations on their engagement, and asking for his deal with so he may ship them flowers.’
‘He has seen a few of her actions as encouragement, as a result of by her personal admission when she sees him on the street, she hasn’t stated ‘I are not looking for you to contact me’.’
Ms Weatherall earlier stated in an announcement learn at Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom: ‘Every incident has had a profound impact on me. I am normally a assured, headstrong individual.
‘I used to be left terrified and virtually helpless.
‘In London he approached me outdoors my flat. I felt worry and shock and simply wished to finish the interplay as quickly as potential.
‘The entire expertise has made me change the way in which I reside my life.
‘A complete stranger persistently and forcefully writing you messages, following you, taking images of your own home and probably placing you in grave hazard will have an effect on the way in which you reside your life.
‘I worry being alone.
‘I really feel the necessity to let one other individual the place I can be and the way lengthy I can be gone for.
‘My dad and mom will vouch that for the truth that within the two and a half months I used to be at house I used to be not feeling myself.
‘I am normally an extremely impartial individual and now I really feel unimaginable depending on them.
‘The concept I used to be the one to make the alteration to my life because of the horrific actions of one other human being with no understanding of his true affect felt very unfair.
‘I needed to shut off my social accounts.’
Kaliszewski, of Longridge Highway, Kensington, admitted stalking involving severe alarm or misery between 26 January 2020 and 4 August 2020.
He appeared within the dock at present at Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom sporting a cream jumper and darkish gray trousers.
In accordance with the cost his conduct amounted to stalking and triggered Ms Weatherall ‘severe alarm or misery, which had a considerable hostile impact on her typical day-to-day actions whenever you knew or must have identified that your course of conduct would trigger alarm or misery to her on every event in that you just despatched many communications and attended her residences many occasions’.
Kaliszewski was launched on bail on the situation he doesn’t contact Ms Weatherall, her dad and mom Clara and Percy, or any witnesses for the prosecution forward of his sentencing.