A fan who stalked Billie Piper has been jailed for 12 months after breaching a prevention order in ‘obsessive’ pursuit of her.
Philip Jerome appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on his 49th birthday to be sentenced after pleading guilty to four breach charges.
It’s said that he had a ‘sexual interest’ in the Doctor Who star, having previously visited her house and left letters for her.
Jerome, from Winchester, Hampshire, had been made subject to the stalking prevention order relating to Piper on July 21, 2022.
The court heard police had carried out an inspection of Jerome’s devices on December 27, 2025, and found four images of the actress saved on his phone.
He had also tagged 11 posts and images, including AI images, on X relating to her, on four separate days earlier that month.
Prosecutor Anisa Alrubaie said this included a comment in which Jerome wrote: ‘I think I know which image probably made me fall for (Piper), the GQ awards, and made me want to meet her.’
He then added: ‘She is great without a bra too.’
The former pop star doesn’t have access to her official X account as it is organised and run by her personal assistant.
Alrubaie said: ‘She doesn’t generally inform Ms Piper of posts, there is a significant amount of negativity that is not relevant and she doesn’t need to be made aware.’
The court was told that Jerome was made subject to a restraining order in 2018 after attending Piper’s home address, posting cards through her door and sending letters by post to her.
He then breached this order in December that year by sending messages on Facebook to her mother and sister ‘expressing a wish for them to meet up’.
Jerome is also said to have made comments about her choice of partner, with the actress having dated singer Johnny Lloyd, 38, since 2016 after she split with Laurence Fox.
She and Lloyd broke up in 2024 but rekindled the romance in late 2025. They share a daughter as well as parenting Piper’s two sons with Fox.
Police also reportedly found ringbinders at Jerome’s home containing newspaper clippings, details of events and other merchandise relating to Piper.
