‘It was terrifying’ – Laura Woods reveals death threats sent by stalker during chilling ordeal

Former talkSPORT host Laura Woods has opened up about her terrifying ordeal with a stalker.

In 2024, Harneet Kaur was handed a 14-month prison sentence and a restraining order that bans her from going within 500 metres of Woods’ property.

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Kaur was found guilty of harassment and stalking after threatening to kill Woods’ dog and sending her an STI kit in the post, along with years worth of disturbing messages.

Speaking about it for the first time, Woods told The Telegraph: “For three years, she would go to extreme lengths to make my life very uncomfortable.

“There were birthday cards that would say, ‘Today’s the day you were born and tonight’s the night you’re going to die.’

“I would receive monthly funeral letters, because she had signed me up to these things. She sent the animal welfare team around about my dog.”

Kaur created different online profiles to attack Woods and left her feeling vulnerable.

The 38-year-old added: “She called the police and said she had seen me being dragged into my house by a man with a knife.

“In 2023, I was in Poland, covering Oleksandr Usyk’s fight with Daniel Dubois, and she emailed me while I was on air. It was a video of my front door and a message, saying, ‘I know you’ve got three cameras in your house.’

“I started going through all the video footage to see if anyone was in there. It was terrifying. It was every possible way you could conceive that she would try to get to me.

“Dating websites, spam websites, it was relentless. I couldn’t understand how one person could do it all.

“There was a video she posted with a gun in America at a shooting range, and it was directed at me. It was just too much, and it changed the way I felt about London.

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“I lived on my own with my dog, and I felt very exposed. I didn’t want to be there any longer. It spun me into quite a bad place. Suddenly I was extremely anxious and low.”

TNT Sports presenter Woods, who presented our Breakfast Show between 2020 and 2023, now lives with fiancee Adam Collard and their first-born child.

The couple welcomed a son, Leo Ernie, in January 2024 – months after getting engaged.

Woods recently made headlines when she collapsed live on ITV4 during coverage of a Lionesses game.

She was replaced by Katie Shanahan and later confirmed there was no need for any serious concern.