A notorious stalker, was convicted today of breaching a lifetime restraining order for the third time by spying on his victim in a court-ordered no-go zone.
Ex- Sky News producer Elliot Fogel, 35, has made complimentary health businesswoman Claire Waxman's life a misery through his continuing campaign of harassment .
Fogel, of White Lodge Close, Isleworth, West London gave the 35 year-old woman a "strange smirk" as he cruised in his car alongside her as she walked to her vehicle.
He was convicted by a Wood Green Crown Court jury that on February 1 he breached a restraining order imposed by Harrow Crown Court on February 10, 2006 by entering the exclusion zone around the C.H.A.I.M Centre, 10a Station Parade, Willesden Green - Mrs Waxman's business.
There is a second exclusion zone prohibiting Fogel from going within one mile of her Mill Hill family home, which she shares with her young daughter and husband Marc.
He was described as "obsessive" when jailed for four months last year for a seven-year stalking campaign, which included hundreds of late-night phone calls, breaking into Mrs Waxman's car and repeatedly following her.
A previous judge ruled Fogel had caused her "mental harm" and a search of his computer revealed the defendant had Googled his victim over 40,000 times in just twelve months.
Prosecutor Miss Julie Whitby told the jury: "This is a stalker who will not stop stalking despite the fact there is a court order in place."
On February 1 Fogel's civil claim against Mrs Waxman - for inviting online criticism of him - had been dismissed at Willesden County Court and the defendant insists he was simply driving home by the shortest route.
"She was aware of a silver VW Polo in Blenheim Gardens and recognised the car as Fogel's and when she looked closer saw Fogel driving the car," explained the prosecutor.
Mrs Waxman immediately tried to photograph Fogel with her mobile. but failed and then called her police liaison officer Detective Constable Nicola Maycock.
Giving evidence behind a curtain Mrs Waxman, whose husband sat throughout the trial, told the jury: "I felt a car slowly driving next to me.
"I looked over, I was very shocked, I could see Mr. Fogel looking at me. I recognised the car, I recognised him.
"I saw him give me a very strange smirk. I definitely saw him. I am fully aware of what he looks like after following me for eight years."
Fogel's previous breaches of the order were on March 9, 2007 and Christmas Eve 2008.
He developed an unhealthy interest in Mrs Waxman when they were both college students in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, where she had to continually tell him to leave her alone.
After leaving college in 1993 she heard nothing for ten years until receiving a dinner invitation from Fogel, which she declined.
A few months later, in December 2003, Fogel was spotted jogging on the spot outside her home and spent more and more time loitering around her workplace.
He even posed as a prospective parent at the nursery Mrs Waxman's daughter attended, paid for background searches on her husband Marc and her father and collected her wedding photos.
She was forced to move home five times, developed an eating disorder and claims stress caused by Fogel caused a miscarriage.
He was bailed until sentencing on August 30.
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