An economist who faked being married to the civil servant she was stalking by changing her name has been placed in mental health care.
After working with Alex Wilkinson at the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport, Ray Israel-Wilkinson, 33, developed an obsession with him.
She would linger outside his office holding signs and banners that read, “Waiting for my Wilko.”
Israel-Wilkinson created a Twitter account with 5,000 followers on which she made the allegation that GCHQ was attempting to prevent their union.
104 love songs devoted to Mr. Wilkinson were posted on another Twitter account.
Additionally, she created accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram to express her love for him.
In order to give the idea that they were married, Israel-Wilkinson changed her name from Rayner Sultan.
She was admitted to the hospital in August 2021 for treatment, but she continued to email Mr. Wilkinson from the ward.
She stated: ‘No-one will ever love you like I do’, and ‘I am in a lot of pain. All I am asking for is one meeting.’
‘She seems fixated with him and desperate to meet up with him’, said Tom Heslop, prosecuting.
In an impact statement read to Westminster magistrates court today Mr Wilkinson said the ordeal ‘caused me to suffer from anxiety.’
‘Her email and social media posts have been very personal about me.
‘I barely know her.’
He said Israel-Wilkinson started appearing at his office at a very difficult time, after his girlfriend’s father had died.
‘My girlfriend has been very supportive. She worried about my health and well-being,’ he said.
He said he is also worried about Israel-Wilkinson. ‘I am increasingly concerned for her well-being. I am a compassionate person.’
Israel-Wilkinson’s solicitor, Mohammed Monwar Hossain said: ‘There was no threat of violence, no threatening behaviour.
‘No harm was caused to him physically.
‘She is a promising young person with good job prospects in this country. She has no previous convictions.’
Israel-Wilkinson spoke in court, promising to never to make contact with Mr Wilkinson again.
District Judge Colin Witcher told her: ‘This case makes for deeply unattractive reading.
‘Your sentence would have been imprisonment had it not been two detailed medical reports in which two doctors jointly take the view that there is an underlying medical condition.’
Israel-Wilkinson, of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, was arrested under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act of 1983.
She was also given an indefinite restraining order that forbade any direct or indirect communication with Mr. Wilkinson.
Israel-Wilkinson was found guilty despite denying stalking Mr. Wilkinson between 16 June and 20 October 2021.