A man who was found guilty of stalking US Open tennis champion Emma Raducanu was given a five-year restraining order on Wednesday.
Amrit Magar, a 35-year-old former delivery driver from London, was also sentenced to an 18-month community service order that includes 200 hours of unpaid work. He will be under curfew for eight weeks and monitored by an electronic tag.
The order bans Magar from contacting Raducanu or her parents, coming within a mile of their street and attending any sports ground, stadium or training facility where she is in competition or attending to practice.
Magar went to the 19-year-old Raducanu’s home on three separate dates late last year, loitered outside, left unwanted gifts and cards, and stole property from the porch, a trial heard last month. He was arrested after her father was alerted by a doorbell camera.
Raducanu injury
Raducanu, meanwhile, was forced to retire with a left hip injury in the deciding set of her opening match against Australia’s Daria Saville on Tuesday in the WTA 250 tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico.
