Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A star of BBC series Shetland and her sister were left terrified and isolated by a stalker who bombarded them with 'disgusting' sexualised and racist messages.
asserted
who → leave → messages
Scottish actress Eubha Akilade, 28, and her writer and director sibling Eilidh, who are of Nigerian descent, were sent the vile material by 57-year-old Gary Summers.
asserted
who → send → Summers
Eubha became the focus of his attention first, receiving emails that claimed 'as a mixed race woman, you will have less virtue than say a typical white woman'.
asserted
you → become → woman
He went on to say that she would be treated as a 'second class citizen' due to her racial background and suggested her mother would regret bringing her and her sister into the world.
uncertain
mother → go → world
One of Summers' messages to Eilidh described how he had seen an interview with her on YouTube which was 'one of the most arousing and blissful experiences of my life'.
asserted
which → describe → life
He was arrested after discovering that Eubha, who established herself with roles in the CBBC series Eve in 2015 and Hulu's Find Me in Paris in 2018 before joining the cast of crime drama Shetland in 2022, lived in London and began stalking her in person before posting her a parcel with a handwritten note.
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Hulu → arrest → note
Gary Summers, 57, sent 'disgusting' sexualised and racist messages to Scottish actress Eubha Akilade, 28, and her writer and director sibling Eilidh
Eubha said in her victim impact statement that her 'world became increasingly small' as she tried to prevent Summers contacting her
DNA and CCTV footage linked him to the delivery and he was arrested and charged with two counts of racially aggravated stalking that caused serious alarm or distress between January 2024 and October last year.
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that → send → January
The defendant, of Bungay in Suffolk, walked with the help of a stick when he appeared at Ipswich Crown Court on Friday to be sentenced after admitting the offences.
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he → walk → offences
He hung his head and nodded as Recorder Jeremy Benson KC told him his messages had been 'thoroughly disgusting' and 'revolting', adding: 'You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself.'
Summers was given a 30-month jail term, suspended for two years.
In her victim impact statement, Eubha, a trained dancer who also directs, described the effect the defendant's obsession had had on her.
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obsession → hang → her
'His voice became part of my internal monologue, which really impacted my self-esteem,' she said.
asserted
she → become → esteem
Eilidh is a Glasgow-based writer, editor and arts worker
Explaining how she had started to avoid going out and posting material on social media, which is important to her career, she added: 'My world became increasingly small.'
asserted
world → base → career
The court heard that the parcel Summers sent to Eubha contained a T-shirt with a slogan that read 'We stand with Israel' and a handwritten note signed off with 'kind regards'.
asserted
We → hear → regards
The defendant was also fined £2,500 and ordered to pay £1,000 in court costs and a statutory charge, making a total of £3,687.
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defendant → fin → 3,687
He was banned from contacting either of his victims unless directed otherwise by the court.
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He → ban → court
Eubha has also appeared in episodes of BBC soaps Doctors and Casualty.
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Eubha → appear → soaps
Her sister describes herself on her website as a 'writer, editor and arts worker from and based in Glasgow'.
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sister → describe → Glasgow
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