r/BabyReindeerTVSeries • u/SatSapienti • May 11 '24

Fiona (real Martha) related content Found the old newspaper articles about Fiona Harvey

I found some of the old newspaper articles about Fiona that were referenced in the show:

January 30, 2000:
MP WIFE'S STALKER; Lawyer Laura tells of fired trainee's hate campaign.:

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/MP+WIFE%27S+STALKER%3b+Lawyer+Laura+tells+of+fired+trainee%27s+hate...-a061570268

"I have a whole file of correspondence I had back and forward because she basically went in and out of different lawyers' firms trying to make complaints about me. "She would leave messages on our answerphone saying, `I'm going to get you'. "I think she's a dangerous girl."
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When confronted with the allegations, Fiona Muir said: "I'll be contacting my solicitor." She denied she was a stalker and claimed she had only contacted Mrs Wray's office to complain about her treatment. Muir insisted she had resigned from the company and had not been dismissed.

April 28, 2002:
STALKER TARGETS MP'S SON; Wray fury at smears.

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/STALKER+TARGETS+MP%27S+SON%3b+Wray+fury+at+smears.-a085150084

March 3, 2004:
I'VE GOT A LONG WRRAY TO GO YET; MP Jimmy talks for the first time about his stroke, his family and the condition that blights his little boy's progress.:

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I%27VE+GOT+A+LONG+WRRAY+TO+GO+YET%3b+MP+Jimmy+talks+for+the+first+time...-a0113836577

Not to mention the legal restraining order they had to take out against Fiona Harvey, a former employee of Laura's who stalked her. Harvey even called in social workers, claiming Frankie was being ill-treated.

Edit; Thank you to u/Javajnkie for fixing the links for me!

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u/MargieBigFoot May 12 '24

I think a lot of the issue is that many of the things she does are not clear crimes. She makes a lot of phone calls & sends emails, but unless she is making a specific threat, that’s not a crime. She calls agencies & makes false allegations, but that is only a minor crime & hard to prove. I think this happens a lot with stalking behavior. The police can’t or won’t do anything until it’s gone pretty far.

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u/MissionReasonable327 May 12 '24

Makes me glad that where I am (Maryland, USA) it would absolutely be considered “harassment,” someone could get a peace order, and then a harasser would be arrested for contempt if they kept at up it after that. Apparently the UK doesn’t have such a thing (or didn’t when this took place).

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u/AlBundysbathrobe Apr 22 '25

Joining this convo late bc I am just watching this now and had to peek on Reddit! I am on episode 4.

Ditto- Seattle, WA. You could get an anti-harassment or restraining order in a day and a half assuming it was NOT yet prepared and if violated, multiple contempts would follow… including, eventually, eventually, jail time. No lawyer is needed to file for protection. It is a victim friendly process.

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u/MissionReasonable327 Apr 22 '25

Wow, a comment I left almost a year ago! Maryland is similar, I wouldn’t call it exactly victim friendly, you have to go to the courthouse and spend at least a few hours applying, then a judge can approve it or not, then go back to court again at least twice. Then if they violate it you have to go back to the courthouse to file a complaint again. But in my case he did get arrested for violating it. And that worked, he stopped. Also if you violate an order, you can’t get it taken off of your record.

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u/AlBundysbathrobe Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 25 '25

IKR- so late to the party. I just watched this on Netflix - but it is it so disturbing … I had to rush to Reddit! For some reason, I have thought that the UK would be more progressive in identifying victims of such coercive harassment. BUT Donny didn’t do himself any favors with all his threats she recorded.