Solicitor and her 64-year-old mother avoid jail for bombarding 30-year-old’s banker ex with messages and calls in joint stalking campaign after he dumped her

• Emma Patel, 30, inundated banker Dominic Fernandes with calls and messages
• She was seen outside his family home and tracked him down to South Africa
• Emma and her mother Kerttu Patel, 64, live in a £1.7 million home in Fulham
• Emma handed an 11-month suspended jail sentence at Isleworth Crown Court

A solicitor and her mother bombarded an ex-boyfriend with messages and calls as part of a joint stalking campaign, a court has heard. 

Emma Patel, 30, inundated banker Dominic Fernandes with phone calls after the break-up of their short relationship.

She also send his family emails, social media messages and called them between May and August last year. 

She was then seen outside his family home, and even tracked him down to a rehab retreat in South Africa when he refused to return her calls.

Emma Patel, 30, (pictured) inundated banker Dominic Fernandes with phone calls after the break-up of their short relationship

She also send his family emails, social media messages and called them between May and August last year. The couple are pictured together before they broke up 

Her mother Kerttu Patel, 64, – who lives with Emma in a £1.7 million home in Fulham – also sent him a barrage of messages after the couple split up.

Emma Patel, who previously worked for her father’s Harley Street-based law firm Rippon, Patel & French, was handed an 11-month suspended jail sentence at Isleworth Crown Court after pleading guilty to one charge of harassment by stalking. 

Her mother admitted the same offence and was given a one-month suspended prison term. 

Her mother Kerttu Patel, 64, (pictured) – who lives with Emma in a £1.7 million home in Fulham – also sent him a barrage of messages after the couple split up

They were also both ordered to carry out a 20-day community order and banned from contacting Mr Fernandes or his family. 

Judge Edward Connell said that it was a sad case. 

In a victim impact statement that was read out in court, Mr Fernandes said he still suffered ‘stress’ as a result of the harassment. 

He said that he is scared to go out in London and to use public transport in case he saw the pair. 

In mitigation, Ms Patel’s defence counsel said her client did not have a ‘vicious’ intent and just wanted to rekindle the relationship. 

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