LONDON (AFP) – A woman found guilty of stalking Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand has been jailed for 10 weeks and told not to go near him for a decade.
Susanne Ibru, 38, was put on a restraining order for 10 years after last month being convicted of harassing the England defender.
At Crewe Magistrates' Court in northwest England on Monday, district judge Nicholas Sanders said he was "concerned" by Ibru's behaviour since she had been remanded in custody last month after walking out during the trial.
"The pre-sentence report describes you as living in a fantasy world, unable to interpret social situations and boundaries," the judge told her.
"You display a predatory and manipulative lifestyle and try to deliberately mislead interviewers."
The court heard that Ibru, who like Ferdinand hails from Peckham in south London, had made a 400-mile (650-kilometre) round trip to the centre-half's home south of Manchester on three occasions last year.
Ferdinand, 32, had told the trial he was upset by the visits from Ibru, whom he had never met.
She represented herself in the trial and cross-examined her victim. She fled court during a lunch break and was convicted in her absence.
The court heard that Ibru has previous convictions for assault, public order offences and possessing an offensive weapon.
She pleaded guilty to assault for spitting in the face of the police officer who arrested her.
The restraining order bans Ibru from entering Ferdinand's village, which is home to several top footballers, musicians and actors, and from approaching the defender and his wife, or going to any match or event he is attending.
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