Billie Piper's stalker has been jailed for 12 months after breaching a stalking prevention order. Philip Jerome, 49, appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court on his birthday to face sentencing after pleading guilty to four counts of breaching the order.
Background of the stalking case
The former Doctor Who star was first placed under a restraining order in 2018, when Jerome repeatedly turned up at the actress's address and posted cards and letters to her home. This was escalated to a stalking prevention order in 2022, after he breached the restraining order.
Jerome was previously jailed for 12 months in 2022 after posing for pictures twice with Piper at a Comic Con event, changing his clothes in between meetings. He was ejected from the venue by security when the actress recognised him.
Court details and evidence
The court heard his digital devices contained four photographs of the actress, along with 11 posts and images – which included AI-generated images – tagged on X in December 2025. In one message, he wrote: “I think I know which image probably made me fall for [Piper], the GQ awards, and made me want to meet her. She is great without a bra too.”
He also sent Facebook messages to Billie's family, “expressing a wish for them to meet up” and visited the star's house. His residence contained ring binders filled with newspaper clippings about her, along with details of events she was attending.
Judge's remarks and defence
District Judge Kirsty Allman told him: “You have a sexual interest in Ms Piper making reference to her without have a bra on and so on. The motivation is to contact her in the hope she will engage in a relationship with you. You demonstrated an entrenched pattern of stalking and harassment offences, and failing to comply with court orders.”
The court was also told of his 2012 harassment conviction, when he targeted a female friend by “sleeping outside her address in the woods”.
His lawyer Caroline Bonavia said Jerome had just been diagnosed with autism and had sought psychological help to stop pursuing “obsessive and unsuccessful relationships”. She said: “Were it not for the order, these [offences] would be very similar to what a keen fan would post about a public figure. A lot of them are similar images of her head in an Andy Warhol arrangement, many repeats essentially of her face and sometimes with AI. The difference for him is that he must not do this and he accepts it.”
