Nicola Thorp reveals terror of 'Grim Reaper' stalker

Nicola Thorp was terrorised for two years by a stalker known as "the Grim Reaper".

The 'Coronation Street' actress and activist told a court about the way Ravinderjit Dhillon used 25 aliases to torment her online and threatened to sexually abuse her in front of her parents.

The 34-year-old star arrived at court with her fiance Nikesh Patel and took to the stand as she opened up on an 89-page document she handed to the Met Police about his campaign of terror, which started with an obscene image he sent of himself in October 2018.

She told the court: "He became an army of men all wanting to do me harm, threats to rape me.

“I’ve spent most of my adult life fighting for the rights of women and doing so in the public eye has come with some personal cost.

"I became the target of the exact behaviour I was standing up against.”

She recalled messages sent by Dhillon describing himself as her "grim reaper", adding: "He sent messages saying, ‘I’m going to be with you forever’, ‘I’m your grim reaper’. In one message he said 28 times he wasn’t going to leave me.”

She noted that he also claimed to be 'Helena' and said a friend followed her onto a train, apparently getting "so close he could smell her".

He was convicted in April and has been remanded in custody before sentencing at Isleworth Crown Court.

Nicola played Nicola Rubenstein - the daughter of Pat Phelan (Connor McIntyre) on 'Corrie' between 2017 and 2019, and has appeared in the likes of 'Doctor Who' and Father Brown', while also working as a newspaper columnist.

She has been in a relationship with 'Starstruck' actor Nikesh since 2021, and they appeared together in the fifth series of Channel 4 show reality show 'Celebrity Hunted' earlier this year.