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| Mr Paul Joseph - ruined innocent Stalking Victim. His honour and reputation were impugned by his 'mad' female stalker. |
Paul Joseph, the innocent 39-year-old former computer consultant, had his reputation and career ruined by his ex-girlfriend, 31-year-old, white woman, Kate Woodhead.
Kate Woodhead, a part-time property manager and 'horsewoman', had made the false claims, after Mr Joseph attempted to finish their unstable two year relationship after he became concerned about her strange and erratic behaviour.
The modest and well spoken, Mr Joseph, unbelievably initially found himself in the position, of being threatened with a long prison sentence, after Woodhead had secretly gone to the police 52 times to maliciously report him for numerous crimes. Fortunately, Mr Joseph has never been charged with any offence.
However, Mr Joseph, who then earned £200,000 (approx $315,000), lost his job and most of his possessions - including his home; luxury cars; a super-charged motorbike; Rolex watches; a collection of expensive paintings and money, after the police went to his workplace to arrest him in front of his boss and his colleagues.
Shockingly, the unsuspecting man, also later found out that Woodhead had falsely claimed that he had laced her sandwich with the drug Diazepam, (a strong tranquiliser and anti-depressant), before carrying out the alleged rape. This could have amounted to an allegation of attempted murder.
Woodhead, also added to Mr Joseph's distress, by claiming that he had been "turned on" during the alleged rape, whilst removing her jodhpurs (tight trousers worn for horse-riding). In reality, no such drugging or rape had ever occurred.
In court, the innocent Mr Joseph found himself having to defend his honour, integrity and reputation from a slew of untrue attacks and allegations made by the disgruntled Woodhead.
This case was found so scandalous, and the false defamatory allegations so damaging to Mr Joseph,that the judge has taken the unusual step of lifting the veil of anonymity from Woodhead, so that the press could publicly name and shame her as the psychotic criminal and pathological liar that she is.
Mr Joseph met Woodhead, whilst property hunting. He had arranged to view a house in Surrey, and had made an appointment with Woodhead, who was then working as a property agent. Mr Joseph, a modest man, had arrived at the property driving a simple £70,000 car and wearing a Rolex watch.
Mr Joseph, a divorced father of two, now realises, in retrospect, that Woodhead was a gold-digger and only into him because of the high value of his money and assets. He also noted that it was Woodhead who had pursued him and asked him out,(not the other way around).
Mr Joseph had hesitated for 8 months after first meeting Woodhead, before he started to formally date her in October 2007. He admitted that he was initially concerned about her after she had asked him on a first date to a shabby pub.
He said, 'I thought it a bit odd, that a professional woman would feel comfortable inviting a professional man on a first date to the local pub instead of a good restaurant'. He then went onto explain, 'I am not a flashy man, and so decided to ignore this warning sign and go along, she seemed a nice girl at the time'.
It was soon after this, that Woodhead, invited Mr Joseph to move in with her in a £4,000-a-month rented property, in Wisley, Surrey. Woodhead, who appeared to have an idyllic life-style, claimed to own 5 horses, which she accommodated in stables on 6 acres of land which bordered onto a river.
Things started to become tense between the two, when Woodhead suddenly gave up her job as a property manager, and told Mr Joseph that she wanted to set up a riding school so that she could develop her own polo team.
The strain increased further, when Woodhead sprung it on Mr Joseph, that he should take full responsibility for the £4,000-a-month rent, as well as cover all the bills associated with the house, the horses and the riding school. The original agreement had been that they should share the costs of the rent and the bills equally.
Despite his surprise, Mr Joseph reluctantly agreed to this arrangement. He explained that he felt pressured, when she told him, that she was seriously depressed because she was under strain from trying to set up her polo team.
What Paul Joseph did not know, was that most people who own, buy, run and maintain polo horses are multi-millionaires, or hedge-fund company managers, who might form a consortium to share the cost of a very expensive 'hobby'. Therefore, Mr Joseph had unwittingly been put in an untenable financial position by his fantascist girlfriend.
What Woodhead failed to tell her boyfriend was that the costs associated with running riding schools and polo teams were so prohibitive, that not even the aristocracy, much less royalty, were willing to take on these financial burdens any more.
He said, 'When I told her that I could not afford to set up her riding school because I had the responsibility of my children, their school fees... plus the rent, she went mad...she ran outside, started to scream and shout and throw herself into a muddy puddle. I was shocked at her behaviour'.
According to Mr Joseph, Woodhead bellowed, "Look what you have done to me!" five or six times.
By this time reality had began to kick in, and Mr Joseph wanted out. But he was caught between a rock and a hard place. The 18-month lease was now in his name, (because Woodhead did not hava an income)and she had dung her heels in and had refused to leave the property when asked.
The relationship was finally over in April 2009, and Mr Joseph spent some time in a hotel, before returning to his rented property to discuss how the break-up would work in practical terms. He was horrified to find, on his return, Woodhead dressed in some flimsy outfit, in preparation of begging him to return to the relationship. He refused.
It was after his refusal to continue the relationship at this show-down, that Woodhead went to the police to make her allegation of rape. She was interviewed by worried police officers, who thought that they had a rapist in the mist of the village.
In court, the police said they had made a 'detailed video interview' with Woodhead on the rape. A senior officer, explained that he was surprised that Woodhead wanted to keep her visit to the police station secret, and said that she did not want Mr Joseph spoken to or arrested.
She went further, and swore the police to secrecy until she had "sorted out her business". This 'business' included the disposal of the house, Mr Joseph's Porsche cars, his designer suits, and his art collection.
The senior officer admitted, "we wanted to get this man, we thought he was a rapist, we wanted him off the streets of our village as soon as possible. We thought that he had threatened her into submission or something. But we respect the victim, and so decided to wait for her permission".
In a bizarre twist, Woodhead calmly returned to the joint home straight from the police station on 10th April 2009, later making love to Mr Joseph that same night.
It was only after the couple struggled on for a further two weeks in the same house, that things really came to a head.
It was on the 28th April 2009, that Mr Joseph unwittingly came across an even more sinister and seedy side to Woodhead. He told Guildford Crown Court that he had discovered "sordid pictures" of Woodhead from a sex website, alongside filthy 'sex messages' from other men. Mr Joseph went on to tell the court of his disgust at seeing the pictures and the text messages.
He said that he could only come to one conclusion, and that was that she was either a prostitute or an expensive sex escort girl. He explained that he wanted Woodhead to explain what she was doing taking pictures where she was practically naked.
Instead of an explanation, Woodhead ranted a raved, threatened Mr Joseph, and then stole two of his work laptops, his car keys and his mobile phones. Went he asked her to return his property, she refused. It was at this point that Mr Joseph called the police.
The police came, and removed Woodhead from the property. She, left the house shouting and swearing revenge, whilst still keeping hold of Mr Joseph's house keys, work laptops, and brief-case.
But Mr Joseph was not clear of his problem yet. The next day, she broke into the house, and arranged to have the locks changed whilst Mr Joseph was out at work.
He only discovered what Woodhead was up to, after he had returned home early from work, after he had been sacked for losing the laptop of a very important client.
Mr Joseph found himself in the surreal situation of having to explain to the locksmith who had been brought in by woodhead, that he was the leaseholder and had the documents to prove it.
Woodhead's friends have been shocked by their former friends behaviour. They decided to cut her off when she dragged them into her web of lies against Mr Joseph, who they trusted and respected for his fantastic treatment of Woodhead and his strong work ethic.
They found themselves unifying behind Paul, when Woodhead falsely claimed that he was attacking her at their home, when, in fact, the couple had been having dinner, at a popular restaurant with them. Some of Woodhead's friends gave police statements, which confirmed that Mr Joseph was a decent and innocent man.
Unfortunately, is still suffering from the fall-out of his stalkers harrowing works. He is now looking for another job, and is still trying to clear up the financial mess caused, by his giving Woodhead effective control over his bank accounts, (which she emptied). He has recovered some of his property, but has had to instigate legal actions, to recover his stolen property from some of Woodheads accomplices.
Unfortunately, it may come as small comfort to Mr Joseph, that the disturbed the Stalker, Kate Woodhead was sent to prison for three years.
Chillingly, before she was sent to prison, Kate the stalker declared that she had no remorse, and would "do it again" if she had the chance.
