Man accused of stalking Myleene Klass and Katie Breathwick

A man accused of stalking TV and radio presenter Myleene Klass by sending her a series of “bizarre” parcels and letters told police he had posted her an air pistol as a joke, a court has heard.

Peter Windsor sent a note calling Ms Klass a “naughty vixen” and sent her Classic FM colleague Katie Breathwick a letter saying he wanted to go paddling in a lake with both women while drinking champagne, Birmingham Crown Court was told.

The 61-year-old, from Stechford in Birmingham, denies stalking causing “serious alarm or distress” to Ms Klass.

He is accused of sending her Catwoman and police officer fancy dress outfits and other unwanted gifts, which were intercepted by security staff.

Mr Windsor further denies a second allegation of stalking relating to presenter Katie Breathwick, who he is accused of sending binoculars, running shoes, a bottle of champagne and a stamp collection.

The charges allege Mr Windsor caused both women “serious alarm or distress” by sending them items via the postal network.

They cover a period between 2020 and 2024.

Mr Windsor has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and during his opening comments to the jury, Judge Tom Rochford said the trial would hear evidence from psychiatrists.

“The defendant says he was insane at the time,” the judge said, while referencing the possibility of a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

Opening the case for the prosecution, Timothy Sapwell told the court “the content was obsessional and demonstrated his obsessive interest in them”.

He added the content had left both women “worried about things like just going to work”.

The Crown’s barrister added: “It’s said on his behalf that his behaviour did not amount to stalking. He says that they never asked him to stop – he says it’s all a publicity stunt by them.”

He told jurors that neither complainant had wanted publicity and had in fact “tried to prevent any publicity of this case at all”.

Ms Breathwick will give evidence to the jury, Mr Sapwell said, to relate how she received letters from a man calling himself Sir Peter Windsor.

“She talks about the sheer quantity of material coming from this one person and the contents – how she found they made little sense,” the barrister added.

The letters to Ms Breathwick, which also detailed how many push-ups Mr Windsor could do, left her suffering panic attacks and poor health, the court heard.

Mr Sapwell said the air pistol posted to Ms Klass was “intercepted” in November 2023, and that Mr Windsor had sent a note which mentioned a whip and a cane and called her a “naughty vixen”.

The court heard the package left the former Hear’Say star worried about “what the defendant might do” and the “bizarre things he was saying and sending”.

Police went to Mr Windsor’s home in September 2024 and arrested him, finding there maps of London, a pair of black leather gloves, stockings and binoculars.

Mr Sapwell said the defendant had sent items to Ms Klass, including a silver ring, a necklace and a heart-shaped pendant, “as a joke”, after seeing a picture of her in a newspaper.

“He said he had sent the gun as a joke too,” Mr Sapwell said. “He didn’t accept that Myleene Klass had been genuinely frightened by him.

“He said he thought he had been reported to the police because she was being blackmailed by the cost of living in London.”

He said of Ms Klass: “She didn’t want any publicity about this. She just wanted it to stop.”

The trial continues