A jury has acquitted an Ohio man of stalking Gwyneth Paltrow. Prosecutors had said he had sent her dozens of unsolicited letters and gifts in recent years.

A man accused of stalking actress Gwyneth Paltrow has told a court he sent her dozens of messages in the hope she might want to marry him, despite her giving evidence against him in a previous case.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s stalker, who was ordered to be held in a mental institution, was wrongly denied a hearing on his bid for placement in a conditional release programme.

A man found guilty of stalking Gwyneth Paltrow has lost his appeal against his conviction.