Chess coach jailed for stalking, harassing pregnant woman

For stalking and harassing a lady in her 20s, Paul Keevil, a chess coach in the UK, received a sentence of 28 months in jail. Keevil allegedly started blackmailing the woman after they had a history of sexual encounters before she chose to start a new relationship and get pregnant. He called her a sex worker in an attempt to embarrass her in public.

The woman, a college student, is said to have met him on Seeking Arrangement in 2018. He threatened her when she began dating someone else and kept sending her money after their brief relationship ended.

According to one message, he said to her, "The best thing you can do right now is say ok and that means sleeping with each other (willingly), it means flirting with each other and it means nice messages and emojis. And yes it means telling a few people we're together. If you do that, any threats."

The victim also claimed that he called the hospital and pretended to be the baby's father, which made her suicidal. "His behaviour is so obsessive. He genuinely believes that I am his girlfriend no matter how many times I say ‘No'," she said.