Philip Jerome, 49, from Winchester, Hampshire, has been jailed for 12 months after admitting four breaches of a stalking prevention order relating to actress Billie Piper. The hearing took place at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court on his 49th birthday.
Breaches of the order
Prosecutor Anisa Alrubaie said Jerome had been subject to the stalking prevention order since July 2022 in relation to Ms Piper. The court heard that police examined his devices on 27th December 2025 and found four photographs of the actress stored on his mobile, as well as 11 posts and images relating to her that he had tagged on X, including AI-generated images, across four separate occasions earlier that month.
Ms Alrubaie stated this included a solitary comment on 7th December 2025 in which Jerome wrote: "I think I know which image probably made me fall for (Ms Piper), the GQ awards, and made me want to meet her. She is great without a bra too."
Ms Alrubaie said Ms Piper's X account was organised by her personal assistant and she did not have direct access to it. She said: "She doesn't generally inform Ms Piper of posts, there is a significant amount of negativity that is not relevant and she doesn't need to be made aware."
History of stalking
The court heard that Jerome was placed under a restraining order in 2018 following visits to Ms Piper's residence, posting cards through her letterbox and dispatching letters by post to her. He subsequently violated this order in December of that year by dispatching messages via Facebook to her mother and sister "expressing a wish for them to meet up" and by attending Ms Piper's residence while making remarks about her romantic partner. Officers also discovered ringbinders at his property containing newspaper cuttings, event information and various merchandise.
Jerome was subsequently imprisoned for 12 months in 2022 for breaching the restraining order by appearing at a Comicon convention where he posed for a fan photograph on two separate occasions the same day with Ms Piper, changing his outfit for the second encounter. The court was told that during the second instance Ms Piper identified Jerome and security personnel removed him from the event. The defendant had previously been found guilty of harassment dating back to 2012 against a female friend by "sleeping outside her address in the woods", the court was informed.
Sentencing remarks
Sentencing Jerome, 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." She continued: "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."
Caroline Bonavia, defending, 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."
Ms Bonavia stated that Jerome had shown a lack of remorse and empathy, had a recent diagnosis of autism and had sought psychological support to stop him seeking "obsessive and unsuccessful relationships". She noted that his breaches "had moved a great deal away from what one would think were the terrifying elements" and continued: "He needs to learn that fan or not, even this sort of posting is not permitted."
