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Shirley Ballas ‘Will Never Feel Completely Safe Again’ After Stalker Ordeal - Liverpool Echo

Kyle Shaw pleaded guilty to stalking Shirley Ballas over six years, causing serious distress and forcing her to relocate her elderly mother and increase home security measures.

  • Shirley Ballas, head judge of Strictly Come Dancing, disclosed that her experience of being stalked from 2017 to 2023 in the UK has left her feeling permanently uneasy about her safety.
  • The stalking began after Kyle Shaw falsely asserted on social media that he was the biological son of Ballas's brother David, who passed away by suicide in 2003.
  • Shaw sent Ballas threatening messages, including a photo of her house and car, threatened to appear at her book tour dates, and confronted her elderly mother in a supermarket.
  • In February, Shaw admitted his guilt at Liverpool Crown Court for stalking Shirley Ballas and inflicting serious harm or distress, with Ballas expressing that she feels she will never be fully safe again.
  • Ballas increased security, installed CCTV and alarms, relocated her mother, and received additional BBC protection, highlighting the stalking’s severe ongoing impact.
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Strictly's Shirley Ballas 'will never feel completely safe again' after stalker

Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas has shared that she "will never feel completely safe again" after being stalked.

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Daily Mirror broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Saturday, August 30, 2025.
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