Rob Keating, of Old Crawley Road, Horsham, was convicted at Portsmouth Crown Court of two offences of stalking involving fear of violence against Alexandra Saper.
Judge Michael Bowes KC imposed the order to allow for further psychiatric assessment of Keating.
He told the court: “In the case of the defendant Robert Keating, sentencing is adjourned based on the reports of two forensic psychiatrists, each recommends an interim hospital order for further assessment.
“Having regard to the criteria, I received the appropriate written evidence that the offender is suffering from a mental disorder and it is appropriate the order is made and a bed is available today.
“I am going to make the order today for 12 weeks.”
The judge set a further hearing on February 13, 2026, for a further hearing to give an update on the assessment.
Referring to a report produced on Keating, Stephen Garbett, defending, said: “I am concerned about the assessment of risk, this wasn’t charged as a violence offence and it was never put by the prosecution that this would have occurred.”
A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said Keating, 40, first contacted the travel influencer through Instagram in June 2022 before he sent her “constant and concerning messages” that led her to block him.
He then continued to send emails to her personal address including screenshots showing he was still accessing her Instagram posts from secret accounts.
The force spokesman said the complainant reported receiving hundreds of emails and 30 videos from Keating during a six-month period.
He said: “In December 2022, she received an email from Keating in which he threatened to kidnap her and sent links to videos he had made further threatening to kidnap and rape her.
“He also sent her a photo of a body in a suitcase, alongside videos of him threatening to do the same to her.
“Keating threatened to travel to Bali, Indonesia, where the woman lives to kidnap her and began sending her evidence that he had obtained flight tickets and a visa to Indonesia.
“This then escalated into sending photos from locations in Bali that she frequented, as well as from locations near to her address.
“After the woman’s friends saw Keating in person close to her address, the woman fled to a friend’s address and contacted local police, before later leaving the country fearing for her safety.”
Keating, who previously lived in Havant, Hampshire, was arrested at Gatwick airport on March 6, 2023, but despite being under investigation he contacted Ms Saper again more than a year later.
The police spokesman said: “He contacted the woman again and posted to his own Instagram account a video about the woman, as well as screenshots of flights to Bali with the caption ‘Round Two’.”
Keating was arrested again on November 11, 2024.
Rob Keating, of Old Crawley Road, Horsham, was convicted at Portsmouth Crown Court of two offences of stalking involving fear of violence against Alexandra Saper.
Judge Michael Bowes KC imposed the order to allow for further psychiatric assessment of Keating.
He told the court: “In the case of the defendant Robert Keating, sentencing is adjourned based on the reports of two forensic psychiatrists, each recommends an interim hospital order for further assessment.
“Having regard to the criteria, I received the appropriate written evidence that the offender is suffering from a mental disorder and it is appropriate the order is made and a bed is available today.
“I am going to make the order today for 12 weeks.”
The judge set a further hearing on February 13, 2026, for a further hearing to give an update on the assessment.
Referring to a report produced on Keating, Stephen Garbett, defending, said: “I am concerned about the assessment of risk, this wasn’t charged as a violence offence and it was never put by the prosecution that this would have occurred.”
A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said Keating, 40, first contacted the travel influencer through Instagram in June 2022 before he sent her “constant and concerning messages” that led her to block him.
He then continued to send emails to her personal address including screenshots showing he was still accessing her Instagram posts from secret accounts.
The force spokesman said the complainant reported receiving hundreds of emails and 30 videos from Keating during a six-month period.
He said: “In December 2022, she received an email from Keating in which he threatened to kidnap her and sent links to videos he had made further threatening to kidnap and rape her.
“He also sent her a photo of a body in a suitcase, alongside videos of him threatening to do the same to her.
“Keating threatened to travel to Bali, Indonesia, where the woman lives to kidnap her and began sending her evidence that he had obtained flight tickets and a visa to Indonesia.
“This then escalated into sending photos from locations in Bali that she frequented, as well as from locations near to her address.
“After the woman’s friends saw Keating in person close to her address, the woman fled to a friend’s address and contacted local police, before later leaving the country fearing for her safety.”
Keating, who previously lived in Havant, Hampshire, was arrested at Gatwick airport on March 6, 2023, but despite being under investigation he contacted Ms Saper again more than a year later.
The police spokesman said: “He contacted the woman again and posted to his own Instagram account a video about the woman, as well as screenshots of flights to Bali with the caption ‘Round Two’.”
Keating was arrested again on November 11, 2024.
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