Gavin And Stacey star Larry Lamb has revealed his daughter is being stalked.
Taking to Twitter on Friday, the star, 73, shared a statement first posted by actress Evelyn Hoskins, which detailed the nightmare his daughter Eva-Mathilde, 17, has been living through at the hands of the perpetrator for the past five months.
The original statement was written by Larry’s ex Clare Burt and came in the wake of Sarah Everard‘s tragic death, which came after she went missing on March 3 while walking home in Clapham.
Horrific: Gavin And Stacey star Larry Lamb has revealed his daughter is being stalked
West End star Evelyn said that Sarah’s death had encouraged her to share the statement ‘before it’s too late’, with the permission of her friend – Eva’s mother.
Evelyn’s tweet alleged that Larry’s daughter and some of her friends of the same age have been continually targeted by a 26-year-old man near their school.
She wrote: ‘My best friend is going through something hideous right now and what happened this week has brought a whole new light to the situation.
Statement: Taking to Twitter on Friday, the star, 73, shared a statement first posted by actress Evelyn Hoskins, which detailed the nightmare his daughter Eva-Mathilde, 17, has been living through at the hands of the perpetrator for the past five month
Speaking out: Evelyn’s tweet alleged that Larry’s daughter and some of her friends of the same age have been continually targeted by a 26-year-old man near their school
‘At what point do we get the help we need? When it’s too late? She asked me to share her story…’
Confirming the person mentioned in the post was his daughter, Larry shared it and wrote alongside: ‘The 17 year old you refer to is my daughter this whole disgraceful scenario needs everyone to work together..
‘Maybe an App that all those affected could join would help the effort to get these individuals off the streets’.
Confirming the person mentioned in the post was his daughter, Larry shared it and wrote alongside: ‘The 17 year old you refer to is my daughter this whole disgraceful scenario needs everyone to work together..’
The original statement read: ‘My daughter is being stalked. As a mother of two young girls, I watch the recent headlines with an intense fear.
‘It could be any of us at any time, in any state of dress, whatever size, whatever age, whatever colour. My daughter is being stalked. Since November.
‘I have photographs, his name, the different times and places that my daughter has been accosted/ harassed/ frightened by this stalker.
Support: A day after first sharing the revelation, Larry said his daughter was feeling much better and wrote: ‘So many wonderfully supportive messages… she’s feeling much more confident… thank you all so much. LL’
Family: Larry has four children, including 41-year-old TV presenter George Lamb, his daughter Eva is the youngest
‘I have his car make. I have his phone number. What I don’t have is protection for my 17-year-old daughter. The police have a file of him with the above details (although we weren’t asked for the photographs) and yet nobody has acted on it.
‘I lie, social services did. They were nice and supportive. But they can’t apprehend this stalker. This man preys on young girls who are still at school.
‘He is 26, over 6ft, handsome, charming and they are his targets. He asks them to get in his car. One did.
Opinion: He also hit out at the ‘crackdown’ on protesting after police banned a vigil to Sarah over the weekend.
‘I informed the local secondary school who have acted upon this information, thankfully. The day after my daughter confided in me, I drove to the area she said he had found her a couple of times and sure enough, I found him…
‘One minute away from the school. When asked why my beautiful, strong, innocent, vulnerable, scared child didn’t tell me sooner…
‘She said that she thought she was ‘going mad’ and that maybe it was a ‘coincidence’ or that maybe she had ‘encouraged it’. He jumped in front of her once (from nowhere) and said: ‘What, are you stalking me?’
‘We have installed security cameras and I have bought a tracker, I can’t sleep and I shan’t rest until I know I have done everything I can so that IF my worst, most unimaginable nightmare happens, I can’t say: ‘I should have…”
A day after first sharing the revelation, Larry said his daughter was feeling much better and wrote: ‘So many wonderfully supportive messages… she’s feeling much more confident… thank you all so much. LL.’
He also hit out at the ‘crackdown’ on protesting after police banned a vigil to Sarah over the weekend.
Quoting a headline which read ‘public should be really worried about new crackdown on right to protest, ex-police chief says’, Larry said: ‘I think so too.’
Larry has four children, including 41-year-old TV presenter George Lamb, his daughter Eva is the youngest.
He is also father to Eloise Laurence, 22, and Vanessa Clare Lamb, 52.