'BLOODCHILLING'
Louise Minchin’s daughter left in ‘floods of tears’ after getting rape threats from mum’s stalker
LOUISE Minchin's daughter was left in "floods of tears" after getting sick rape threats from her mum's stalker.
Mia Minchin, now 20, looked after Louise's Instagram while vile Carl Davies was bombarding the account with abusive messages.
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One horrifying message read by Mia said: "Your daughter will definitely be raped".
Another message read: "Move or you're f***ed."
Davies accompanied the threat with information on their home address, the village they lived in and the cars in their driveway at the time.
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Mia was so scared she "started shaking" and burst into "floods of tears", she told ITV’s Tonight programme.
Ex-BBC Breakfast star Louise said she, her husband, Mia and the couple's other daughter Scarlett "felt like we were prisoners in our own home" after being targeted by a creep online.
Speaking on the programme - set to air tonight - Mia said: “I’m logged into mum's Instagram account and suddenly loads of messages started coming.
“They were all kind of just really offensive, calling us not very nice names and then they got much more graphic."
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Mia said she was left in "floods of tears" after the messages became more aggressive and threatening.
She added: "It was the kind of actions that he wanted to do against me and mum, which got really personal and they weren't nice to read at all.
“I was kind of terrified, all kind of shaking. I think my heart was beating really fast. I didn't sleep all night. The entirety of the next day I was in floods of tears.”
In December 2021, Davies was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison and was also handed an indefinite restraining order.
Davies targeted Louise and her family using the pseudonym "Bobby Martini".
He told the presenter she led a "privileged BBC brat life" over three days of torment in July 2020.
The court was told Davies, who served time in Iraq, was living with untreated post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at the time.
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Sentencing, Judge Nicola Saffman said: "Everyone has heard the full, graphic and disturbing detail of the messages you sent to Louise Minchin and her daughter.
"It is clear they believed you would carry out your threats because of the level of detail in your messages."
As well as a jail term, he has been given an indefinite restraining order prohibiting him from contacting Louise and her daughter.
Almost one in five women and almost one in ten men over the age of 16 in the UK have experienced stalking.
One of the most high profile cases saw a teenage girl fined for wasting police time after she repeatedly reported her stalker ex-boyfriend - before he slit her throat.
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Shana Grice went to cops five times in six months because of Michael Lane, but was "treated like a criminal" by Sussex Police and forced to pay a £90 fine.
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Louise Minchin: The Truth About Stalking will air on ITV at 8.30pm on Thursday, March 10.
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Anyone affected by this article can ring the National Stalking Helpline on 0808 802 0300 or visit
Emotional Louise Minchin holds hands with BBC Breakfast's Dan Walker as she leaves for final time
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