A female stalker has been sentenced to nearly a year in prison after harassing her one-night stand to the point he moved houses and considered taking his own life.
Twenty-eight-year-old Kirsty White hooked up with Andrew Crosby, who lived across the road from her, for a single night of romance in December 2024. Despite him conveying his disinterest in continuing a relationship, she pestered him by screaming outside his house until he called the cops on her.
Highlights
- Kristy White was jailed for nearly a year after harassing Andrew Crosby for months.
- Crosby said the ordeal drove him to thoughts of self-harm and caused family health issues.
- White has a prior record and is now under a 5-year restraining order.
White then accused Crosby of being violent toward her and disseminated these allegations on social media.
Kirsty White posted on Facebook that one-night-stand Andrew Crosby was a woman-beater after he said he was not interested in a relationship
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The Warrington Magistrates' Court in the United Kingdom heard that “The complainant did not want a relationship at that time.
“In March 2025, they were going on a night out in Blackpool and the defendant asked Mr Crosby if they were going to be intimate and he said ‘No’,” prosecuting attorney Elizabeth Browne explained.
“On April 11, the complainant lent £20 ($25) to the defendant, but she did not pay it back, and he asked her to leave him alone.
“The defendant then posted Mr Crosby's personal details on Facebook, accusing him of being a woman beater.”
She warned him not to phone the police on her again and then continued her campaign of harassment
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“On April 18, she went to Mr Crosby's address and started shouting towards him, calling him a “r***st” and a ‘P*****ile’,” Brown’s account continued.
“These are all untrue allegations. He called 999, told her to leave him alone and blocked her.”
“But on April 19, he received messages asking to be unblocked and got a call from a number he did not recognize and a text message saying ‘Hello. Do not ring the police on me again’.”
Crosby had called the police during one of White’s performances outside his home. Officers arrested her but let her out again under the condition that she not contact him again.
Despite the warning, the stalker would send him small sums of money with little messages in the transfer details like: “Love you always, Kirsty White.”
Her campaign expanded to social media when she contacted him on Facebook using fake accounts.
White’s antics became so bad that Crosby stopped living at his home
Crosby eventually fled his house and went to live with friends. In a communication with the police, he claimed that Kirsty's antics were taking a toll on his health and other relationships.
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“It caused me to become physically sick due to Kirsty constantly trying to contact me and also trying to get my attention,” he complained.
“It caused me a lot of stress and will affect any relationship I may have.”
“Kirsty had been staying with her father over the road from me and this has caused my family a lot of stress and put a stain on our relationship,” he elaborated.
Crosby told the police that the harassment caused him and his parents health problems
Crosby claimed that the woman tried to get his details from his friends and family, making him wary of those around him.
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“I have not been able to sleep over the last few months due to the constant worry of Kirsty turning up at my address or having someone sent around due to what Kirsty posted on Facebook,” he lamented.
“It will take a lot to trust anyone. I have been trying to get an appointment with my GP and it is getting to the point where I am becoming su***dal and seeking to get help.”
The man went on to say that the stress caused by White has also challenged the health of his parents.
“My dad suffers from epilepsy. He had four seizures and has been told they were brought on by stress,” he said.
“My mother has also been in the hospital due to the stress caused to her.”
It was not White’s first conviction for harassment
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According to a report by the Daily Mail, Kirsty has a track record of similar behavior and has previously been convicted for “indecent or offensive communications and harassment.”
“She is a highly vulnerable young lady who has significant mental health issues.
“She has said categorically that she has forgotten and will forget about Mr Crosby. Hopefully, you won't see Kirsty back before the courts again.”
She was also fined the equivalent of $530 and issued a restraining order prohibiting her from contacting Crosby for five years.
Crosby’s experience is an echo of the 2024 Baby Reindeer Netflix series that was based on a true story
White’s infractions follow the much-publicized Baby Reindeer saga that had the internet abuzz for months in 2024.
The comedy-drama thriller miniseries released in April of the same year traces the real-life experiences of performer Richard Gadd and his brush with a woman whom he bought a tea for in a pub.
The character in the screenplay misreads the act and stalks Gadd’s character to the point that he too suffers mental issues.
Martha, in the storyline, like White, has a track record of similar infractions that resulted in legal actions.
The real Martha from the series has since come forward and slammed the high-grossing production
The series, which scooped a Primetime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie,” prompted internet sleuths to track down a woman they thought was Gadd’s real-life stalker.
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Bored Panda reported on an interview with the unnamed woman around the time when she accused Gadd of “bullying an older woman on television for fame and fortune.”
She flipped the script and accused her accuser of having “severe psychiatric problems”
Less than a month later a woman by the name of Fiona Harvey appeared on Piers Morgan’s Piers Morgan Uncensored, claiming to be the real Martha depicted in Baby Reindeer.
“He’s got severe psychiatric problems,” she said of Gadd, and called the show that was a hit on Netflix, “horrifying, misogynistic.”
Some netizens feel that White has gotten off lightly
