# Joe Sugg’s stalker jailed after four-year campaign of unwanted contact

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/stalker-who-forced-strictly-influencer-joe-sugg-and-partner-dianne-buswell-to-flee-home-amid-terrifying-four-year-stalking-campaign-is-jailed/
- Published: 2026-10-29T17:51:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T18:07:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16249969/Stalker-Strictly-influencer-Joe-Sugg-partner-Dianne-Buswell-flee-home-stalking-campaign-jailed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Culture, Elections, Horror, Politics, Trending, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- Robert Beckman was jailed for 21 months.
- His stalking campaign against Joe Sugg began in 2022.
- Sugg said it caused fear, anxiety and disruption to his work.

## Summary

Joe Sugg was targeted by a four-year campaign of unwanted contact from an obsessed fan, leaving him fearful for his family and disrupting his work. Robert Beckman, 31, was jailed for 21 months after sending Sugg emails, social media messages and letters, and travelling from the United States to his London home.

The court heard Beckman believed ordinary actions in Sugg’s YouTube videos carried secret messages for him, including an instruction to travel to Britain. After police warned him to stop, letters resumed; Sugg said he had to leave his rural home for a week, change how he worked and worry about his partner Dianne Buswell and their family. Beckman later sent details of another planned UK visit and suggested they meet at a Gatwick hotel.

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