The Head of Strings at a personal faculty famend for producing Hollywood stars allegedly bombarded an government at a prestigious public sale home with unsolicited photos and items.
Cellist Helen Neilson, 45, is accused of sending gross sales supervisor Rainer Cocron pictures, messages and presents from July 2021 to July 2022 after assembly him to purchase an instrument.
The trainer on the £24,000-a-year Latymer Higher Faculty in London is claimed to have induced ‘critical alarm’ to Mr Cocron after assembly with him to buy a ‘uncommon and costly’ instrument from Ingles and Hayday, in Fitzrovia, central London.
Magistrates heard Neilson admits contacting Mr Cocron to purchase the instrument however argues her conduct didn’t quantity to stalking.
At Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom right now Neilson denied a single cost of stalking involving critical alarm and can now stand trial on September 4 and September 5.
Helen Neilson, 45-year-old Head of Strings at a personal faculty famend for producing Hollywood stars, is accused of bombarding an government at a prestigious public sale home with unsolicited photos and items
The trainer at Latymer Higher Faculty in London is claimed to have induced ‘critical alarm’ to Rainer Cocron after assembly with him to buy a ‘uncommon and costly’ instrument
Her lawyer Mr Matthew Graham, who’s privately instructed, stated: ‘The allegation arises by the course of the acquisition of a musical instrument.
‘The defendant was buying a musical instrument from a enterprise the place the complainant within the case works.
‘There was a reasonably unremarkable dialog in regards to the buy of the instrument over a number of weeks and months.’
However prosecutors say Neilson’s conduct went past discussing the merchandise and included undesirable photos, letters, emails and items.
Rhianne Neil prosecuting stated: ‘Between July 2021 and July 2022, the defendant despatched undesirable emails, pictures and items to the complainant.’
Latymer Higher Faculty is famend for producing performing expertise together with Alan Rickman, who performed Severus Snape in Harry Potter, Hugh Grant who starred in Love Truly and Imogen Poots.
Neilson, from Clapham, south London was granted unconditional bail by Justice of the Peace Caroline Pleasure.
She’s going to stand trial on the Metropolis of London Magistrates’ Courtroom.
