Man banned from going near both Nottingham universities after stalking college student

A man has been banned from going near both Nottingham universities after stalking a college student.

Muhammed Ali has been barred from going within 50m of Nottingham Trent University, the University of Nottingham and Nottingham College, following the incident.

The 27-year-old pleaded guilty to stalking after a 17-year-old college student from Nottingham, whom he’d been approaching numerous times over the course of a few months.

Between December 2023 and the summer of 2024, Ali repeatedly came up to the victim. However, upon her asking him to leave her alone, he replied that he loved her and that he wanted to marry her, reported The Nottingham Post.

The stalking began with Ali approaching the college student in a café in Nottingham. Denney Lau, prosecuting, said that he approached her a week later in the same location and called her “beautiful”. The 27-year-old then proceeded to tell the victim that he was 19, which she did not believe.

During the trial at Nottingham Crown Court, the prosecutor said: “She gave him her mobile phone to get him away and he later messaged her to which she replied she had a boyfriend and she was happy but he refused to accept that”.

After this incident, Ali approached the victim again and told her to break up with her boyfriend. He also told people that they were “going to have a big wedding in Nottingham” and that he was “going to buy her a ring”.

The stalking continued in April 2024, five months after it had started, when Ali approached the victim and a friend. During the encounter, he followed them and said: “I love you darling”.

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The same day, Muhammed Ali attended the college where the victim and her boyfriend were studying. The prosecutor said the incident was reported to Nottinghamshire Police, and Ali was arrested and charged.

Nottingham Crown Court via Alan Murray-Rust on Creative Commons

At the trial, Judge Nirmal Shant KC reiterated the seriousness of stalking and the distress it causes to the victim. She sentenced Ali to eight months and one week in prison, suspended to two years.

When sentencing, the judge acknowledged that the stalking “was sustained over a period of time, some six months and the effect was to cause her to alter some aspects of her life”. The judge also mentioned the victim’s “vulnerability” as she was only 17 at the time of the offence.

Although pleading guilty to the offence of stalking, Ali maintained at the trial that it was a matter of “wanted attention”. The judge responded to him, saying: “Let me make it plain to you, this is not wanted attention and you need to understand that clearly”.

Ben Robinson, representing Ali, argued that his client had no previous convictions and had spent the six months leading up to the trial in custody, which he found “difficult” and “just wanted to get out and see his family”.

In addition to the suspended sentence, the judge ordered a 10-year restraining order in which Ali cannot contact the victim and he must attend 30 rehabilitation sessions.

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