Beckham stalker claims she is mother of Harper, 10
DAVID Beckham was left ‘frightened’ for the safety of his family after an alleged stalker turned up at his daughter Harper’s school claiming she is the child’s mother.
Sharon Bell, 58, is said to be under the ‘delusional’ belief that the former England football captain, 47, along with wife Victoria, 48, stole her eggs and that ten-year-old Harper is her daughter.
Bell allegedly sent a series of letters to the Beckhams’ homes in Oxford and London before attending the addresses in July and September last year.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that she also turned up at Harper’s primary school when former Spice Girls singer Victoria arrived to collect her.
Prosecutor Arizuna Asante said of the former Manchester United star: ‘He felt threatened, frightened for the safety of his family and he believed this behaviour was targeted and intimidating.
‘He says he does not know the defendant and she is not the mother of his children.’ Mr Asante continued: ‘The allegation is that she was in a relationship with David Beckham, he stole her eggs and Harper Beckham is her child.’
Bell, of Watford, has previously pleaded not guilty to a charge of stalking and faces trial on July 12. She did not attend yesterday’s hearing due to currently being sectioned in hospital.
Bell’s lawyer Lisa Wilson said that if her client is not found by the court to be insane, she wants the Beckhams, who will be on holiday at the time of the trial, to be called as witnesses so they can be questioned about her claims.
District Judge Michael Snow extended a civil interim stalking protection order until the end of the proceedings, which he indicated are likely to go down the ‘psychiatric route’, resulting in a hospital order.