Stalker fear forces Lady Sitwell to flee home

FORMER ‘face of Royal Ascot’ Martha Sitwell claims she has been stalked for the past few months by a mentally ill man with a history of strangling women.

The ex- wife of baronet Sir George Sitwell says that after the man approached her in the street and attempted to gain entry into her home she was left so traumatised that she now feels she has no choice but to move away.

‘I’ve had a stalker since April, and he’s out on police bail. He tried to break into my flat last weekend, but the police did nothing about it. They wouldn’t even come and take forensics,’ the 42-year-old tells me.

‘He’s a very mentally ill man who needs to be in hospital. I don’t know him, but he came up to me on the street. It was pretty scary, especially as I’ve heard he has a history of strangling women.’

Martha ( right) is seeking to raise enough money to relocate by selling some of her possessions via her Instagram account, including a pair of Crocodile Christian Louboutin shoes, the majority of the contents from her designer wardrobe, and even her wedding dress.

But in light of recent events, she’s grown wary of meeting potential buyers and letting them know where she is based. ‘ I won’t be giving out my address to anyone. People can message me, and if I trust them I’ll send them my location,’ she adds. ‘Hence the move, and hence the massive clearout. I’ll pay off my debts and move.’ Martha, daughter of late gastronome Justin de Blank, married former film producer Sir George in 2007 and lived with him in Northamptonshire at £ 3.25 million Grade II- listed Weston Hall. But her relationship with the greatnephew of poet Dame Edith Sitwell turned frosty and she held a ‘divorce party’ in 2017 to mark the end of their ten-year union.