‘It’s not a real sentence’: Government rape adviser slams suspended jail term given to man who stalked her after filming her naked as she lay unconscious in hotel bed

• Emily Hunt slammed suspended jail term given to man who filmed her naked
• Christopher Killick admitted one count of voyeurism in August 2020 
• Read more: Andrew Tate admits fearing he would ‘never’ be freed from prison

An independent government rape adviser has blasted the sentence handed to a man who cyber-stalked her after filming her naked while she was unconscious in a hotel bed.

Emily Hunt, 43, said the suspended jail term given to Christopher Killick this week after he flouted a restraining order by repeatedly tweeting about her was ‘not a real sentence’.

She fears a ‘fixated’ Killick will continue contacting her and said she and her loved ones now face a sentence of ‘policing’ a fresh restraining order she has against him.

She told the Mail how she had to take time off from her ‘dream job’ as a sustainability consultant after Killick’s Twitter campaign triggered a relapse of the PTSD she was diagnosed with after his actions in 2015.

She said she lives in fear of him turning up on her doorstep, adding: ‘I’ve had to install security cameras, I have a baseball bat in my bedroom by the door.’

Emily Hunt said the suspended jail term given to Christopher Killick after he flouted a restraining order by repeatedly tweeting about her was ‘not a real sentence’ (pictured outside  court in 2020)

On Thursday, Killick appeared in court for ‘persistent’ breaches of a restraining order after posting a string tweets about Miss Hunt and the voyeurism case (pictured leaving court in 2020)

The 43-year-old mother also took aim at the ‘abysmal’ victim care she received before Thursday’s hearing, saying she was ‘forced’ to meet the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) barrister at court – where Killick was later released from.

She added: ‘These interactions with the independent partners in the criminal justice system make it so clear that victims are just being failed at every possible point and in every possible way. And it’s not ok.’

She ultimately attended court but watched the hearing in another room via videolink.

Miss Hunt bravely waived her anonymity to reveal how in 2015, she woke up naked in bed next to Killick, terrified she had been drugged and raped.

The CPS did not charge initially Killick, 43, due to insufficient evidence. But Miss Hunt later learned he had filmed her naked without her consent in the five-star hotel room in east London.

She fought a five-year legal battle to bring Killick to justice after the CPS said his actions were not illegal.

Killick admitted voyeurism in August 2020 and was handed a 30-month community order, fined £2,000, and ordered to pay her £5,000 compensation.

He was given a restraining order which banned him from contacting Miss Hunt.

But on Thursday, Killick appeared in court for ‘persistent’ breaches of the order after posting a string tweets about Miss Hunt and the voyeurism case.

Snaresbrook Crown court heard how Killick, who is based in Lancaster, in Lancashire, set up new Twitter accounts in his own name after being blocked by Miss Hunt.

In July 2021, he posted a tweet with just Miss Hunt’s name. A day later, he penned a post which named her and said how he wanted to ‘reveal all’ about his story and demanded an ‘apology’ for her public comments about her ordeal.

He was arrested the following month. In a police interview, he denied harassing or stalking Miss Hunt.

Despite being told by police to stop, Killick resumed posting about her just days after his arrest.

Miss Hunt said Killick had not stopped affecting her life despite the sentence he received in 2020

He was eventually arrested and remanded into custody in January this year.

In a victim impact statement read in court, Miss Hunt said: ‘He has not stopped affecting my life because he apparently does not think the restraining order should apply to him.

‘Some of what he said was innocuous, but some of it was horrible. But what mattered most was that he mentioned me directly. It was obviously intended to get my attention.

‘One tweet was literally just my name. No context, no content, just my name.. I found that incident devastating.

‘Every time he does this it feels like a further escalation.

‘His behaviour has been fixated, obsessive and escalating. I am worried for my safety, and the safety of my daughter.

Christopher Killick admitted voyeurism in August 2020 and was ordered to pay Miss Hunt £5,000 in compensation (pictured in August 2020)

Judge Noel Carey said Killick recently wrote to the court apologising for his Tweets about Miss Hunt, saying he had made a ‘mistake’ and that his time in prison had been a ‘wake-up call’ (pictured in 2020)

‘He has, literally, devastated me. He has ruined my life, and he continues to do so over and over and over again.’

The court heard how Killick unsuccessfully ran to be an MP in 2021 and failed to secure campaign work with his local MP but still hopes to work in politics in the future.

In his remarks, Judge Noel Carey said Killick recently wrote to the court apologising for his Tweets about Miss Hunt, saying he had made a ‘mistake’ and that his time in prison had been a ‘wake-up call’.

But he said Killick had ‘repeatedly’ named Miss Hunt in a ‘large number’ of his Tweets, suggesting his aim had been to contact her, which ‘clearly breached the restraining order’.

He handed Killick a 14-month prison sentence suspended for two years, a 35-day rehabilitation requirement and 160 hours unpaid work.

Killick is under a indefinite restraining order which bans him from contacting Miss Hunt via his personal website, social media and in person.

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