GMB's Kate Garraway says 'that's terrifying' as Coronation Street star opens up on stalking hell

Good Morning Britain viewers were left stunned as former Coronation Street star, Nicola Thorp, opened up about her terrifying stalking ordeal on the ITV show today

Former Coronation Street actress Nicola Thorp shared her harrowing experience of being stalked on Friday's episode of Good Morning Britain. The 35-year-old, known for her role as Nicola Rubinstein from 2017 to 2019, discussed the frightening events leading up to a significant court decision regarding police response to stalking incidents.

Nicola recounted the mixed emotions she felt upon learning of her stalker's arrest: "You'd think it would be a happy day when the police called me and said: 'We've arrested him, we've found him.' I was, I was elated, I said: 'Who is it? Who is this man? ' and they said: 'We can't tell you! '"

Host Kate Garraway expressed shock at the revelation, commenting: "That is terrifying!" She then inquired about the psychological impact on Nicola, who revealed the extent of her fear, especially post-arrest, due to the potential increased danger to victims in such situations.

Nicola expressed her frustration and concern: "It was very disturbing to me that I didn't know what this man looked like, I didn't know his name, I didn't know where he lived. I begged the police for months and months to just tell me, give me some information.

"The most important thing for me was I wanted to know how tall he was, I wanted to know how much of a physical threat he could be and nothing for months until they eventually showed me a photograph, very fleetingly, of what he looked like.

"I actually had to go to court to find out what his name was so that, I think psychologically, was difficult because he then became everyone that I met."

Adil Ray, the host, then highlighted the significance of their first encounter: "The first time you saw him, this really hammers it home for me, was at the day you were both in the court. You were behind him in the queue? ", reports the Mirror.

Nicola recounted the court's 'airport security system': "I was there just trying to focus on what was happening, I knew I was going to be reading out my victim impact statement. I was quite nervous and I just heard this man in front of me say the name and I froze, it was him, I was 30cm away from him."

Throughout a harrowing two-year saga, Nicola's stalker assumed 25 different identities to hound the actress. Last year, at East London's Snaresbrook Crown Court, he was given a jail sentence of 30 months.