Alex Belfield was jailed for five years and 26 weeks in September 2022 for his campaign against four people.

A former BBC local radio DJ who stalked broadcaster Jeremy Vine has been recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions.

Alex Belfield was jailed for five years and 26 weeks in September 2022 for causing alarm and distress to two victims and stalking two others, including Mr Vine.

On Thursday, the Prison and Probation Service said Belfield had been recalled to prison last month.

TV star Mr Vine previously labelled Belfield “the Jimmy Savile of trolling” during his trial at Nottingham Crown Court.

Jeremy Vine
Jeremy Vine described Belfield as ‘the Jimmy Savile of trolling’ (Peter Byrne/PA)

Jurors convicted Belfield of four charges committed between 2012 and 2021.

As part of his sentence, he was made the subject of restraining orders which ban him from contacting his victims.

The Prison and Probation Service did not disclose how he breached his licence conditions.

Belfield, whose YouTube channel titled Alex Belfield – The Voice of Reason still has 345,000 subscribers, was released from prison last year.

On January 25 this year, Belfield spoke in an interview with podcaster Liam Tuffs on YouTube about how he had been made the subject of a “court order that we cannot cross”.

A spokesperson for the Prison and Probation Service said: “As this case shows, we do not hesitate to send offenders back to prison if they break the rules.”

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