{"id":141072,"date":"2023-08-29T14:12:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T14:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=141072"},"modified":"2023-08-29T14:12:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T14:12:27","slug":"i-had-a-deranged-prison-stalker-send-me-drugs-and-threaten-my-nan-jockey-hayley-turners-nightmare-ordeal-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/sport\/i-had-a-deranged-prison-stalker-send-me-drugs-and-threaten-my-nan-jockey-hayley-turners-nightmare-ordeal-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I had a deranged prison stalker send me drugs and threaten my nan – jockey Hayley Turner\u2019s nightmare ordeal | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
TRAILBLAZING female jockey Hayley Turner has revealed how a stalker from prison sent her menacing letters and even drugs in the post as part of a terrifying campaign against her.<\/p>\n
Turner, one of Britain's most successful riders, said the inmate even threatened her nan.<\/p>\n
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She was forced to go to police for help, who warned the convict to stop.<\/p>\n
Turner, 40, revealed the shocking story as part of an interview on how she deals with being trolled.<\/p>\n
She said she had once been labelled a 'dirty midget wh**e' and that the abuse was always worse after failing to win on a favourite.<\/p>\n
But nothing compared to the letters she was sent from a prisoner.<\/p>\n
Turner told safebettingsites.com: "Well before social media some guys used to write to me from Brixton prison.<\/p>\n
"I don't know how the letters found their way to me because he just wrote 'Jockey Hayley Turner, Newmarket' but the Royal Mail did a great job of getting them to me.<\/p>\n
"He used to write some pretty weird stuff and he actually sent me a spliff once, which was a bit random."<\/p>\n
The letters turned particularly chilling when they made threats against one of Turner's loved ones.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n She added: "There were some threats against my nan and just lots of really crazy stuff.<\/p>\n "I actually ended up getting the police involved and he was warned to stop."<\/p>\n Turner has won more than \u00a39.5million in her career and is closing in on 1,000 winners with 966 to her name.<\/p>\n She has 25 Group and Listed level victories, with some of her biggest including the Group 1 July Cup aboard David Simcock's Dream Ahead in 2011.<\/p>\n Despite all this she said she is still not immune to receiving a barrage of hate online.<\/p>\n Turner added: "In terms of social media, the worst abuse you get is when you get beaten while riding a favourite.<\/p>\n "One of my favourites was someone calling me a dirty midget wh**e!<\/p>\n "Sometimes you\u2019ll come in after a race and think oh I didn\u2019t give that a very good ride but you wonder what everyone else is thinking and people will have written 'what were you doing on that you moron?'.<\/p>\n "That\u2019s the polite version as well!<\/p>\n "I have a group chat with my sisters and my mum and dad and I just take a screenshot and send it to them and we just joke about it.<\/p>\n "I know when I\u2019ve done something wrong in a race I don\u2019t need someone to tell me and I\u2019ll be the first to put my hands up.<\/p>\n "They haven\u2019t ridden the horse and they don\u2019t know much.<\/p>\n "It\u2019s probably some bloke eating a Pot Noodle with a can of cider sitting in their nana\u2019s living room abusing me! I don\u2019t care what they think."<\/p>\n<\/picture>\n
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