Rio Ferdinand stalker arrested

Susanne Ibru, 38, was convicted of harassment in her absence after repeatedly turning up at the footballer’s house A woman who disappeared from a magistrates court shortly before she was convicted of stalking footballer Rio Ferdinand and his family has been arrested. A warrant was issued for Susanne Ibru, 38, after she was found guilty at Macclesfield magistrates court of harassing Ferdinand by repeatedly turning up at his home in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. Ibru, formerly of Peckham, south London, but now of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, represented herself during her trial and cross-examined the Manchester United and England star before fleeing the hearing during the lunchtime adjournment on Monday. Cheshire police said she was detained in Warrington. Ibru was convicted in her absence of a harassment charge. Ferdinand, 32, told the hearing he was left “angry and upset” by Ibru’s visits. She turned up uninvited at the footballer’s home on three occasions between February and June last year. Ian Davies, prosecuting, said in the early hours of 21 February Ferdinand and his wife were asleep when Ibru woke him after pressing the intercom buzzer at the entrance gate. He went to a bathroom window and saw a figure wearing a hooded top. He shouted down to see who it was. She looked up and he was able to see it was Ibru. Asked by Davies how he felt, Ferdinand said: “At first I was angry and upset but then disturbed, really, because I have got a young family and this was not the time or the place to be coming to speak to me.” The player called the club’s security staff, who contacted police, and then watched on his CCTV as Ibru walked away and was stopped by officers at the end of the road. Ibru returned on 16 June, the court was told. Ferdinand said he saw her on the road opposite his house as he arrived home at about 8pm. He said he had no idea why she wanted to speak to him. Police attended and Ibru was given a formal warning to leave the couple alone. Her third alleged visit came just two days later, in the early hours of 18 June, and she was arrested. Crime Rio Ferdinand Helen Carter guardian.co.uk

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