Harley Street Clinician Stalked By Heartbroken Ex

Video: Shujat Sadique

A Harley Street acupuncturist stalked by her estranged husband suffered stroke-like symptoms from numb-induced stress when he bombarded her with “cringeworthy” love-sick videos, a court heard.

Alternative medicine expert Sahar Hooti - boss of AcuCare Clinic - was sent unwanted flowers and was followed from work by Shujat Sadique, 48, who she dumped after he cheated on her multiple times.

It was the second time the aromatherapist and advanced beauty therapy specialist had walked out on management consultant Sadique, who claimed he was simply expressing the feelings that won her back the first time.

He even sent her a a slick video he made of himself in a professional recording studio singing Bryan Adams’ ‘Please Forgive Me,’ in an effort to shake off his “boring” tag.

However, District Judge Alex Jacobs did not agree and convicted Sadique, of Elmstead Avenue, Wembley of stalking Sahar between December 6, 2018 and March 9, last year.

“Your evidence reflected your misguided attitude and I don’t accept for one moment your actions were innocent,” he told him. “You said you had won her back once before like she’s some sort of prize or trophy.”

Sahar was sent two videos by Sadique near the spot he proposed to her in Southsea, Hampshire seven months after she left him, suspiciously recorded near her parked car.

“He was looking for me and found my car,” the Southsea-native told Hendon Magistrates Court. “I was in the middle of a panic attack  and I was on the floor.

“I had to cancel my patients and thought I was going have a stroke. One side of my face went numb and the medical people said it was extreme stress,” Sahar told the trial from behind a screen.

Sadique recorded himself on the seafront begging: “You will see the new me. We can have a good life, have fun. I can be your soulmate, give this guy one more chance.”   

In the second clip he asked: “Just give me five minutes and we can salvage this. I love you with all my heart. Let me make your dreams come true darling.”

Panic Attacks: Sahar Hooti

University of Portsmouth graduate Sahar, who has another AcuCare clinic just outside that city in Widley, told the court: “I just hated it. It was cringeworthy.”

The couple married in 2015 following a two-year romance, but after her July, 2018 walk-out Sadique’s stalking began by sending her “compromising private images”.

“My heart just sank in that moment. I knew what he was up to,” said Sahar, who also received multiple emails and WhatsApp messages from her husband.

However, Sadique dismissed the compliant, explaining the explicit images were taken during happier times the couple enjoyed in Ibiza. “You can only see a little bit of bum,” he told the court.

He previously made a nuisance of himself at the clinic, she told the trial. “He was waiting in reception and they thought he was a patient.”

“I was horrified. He was creating a scene and he wouldn’t leave.”

Five days later Sadique followed her in Oxford Street. “He tried to start a conversation and I asked a store security guard to stop him following me.

“He followed me around the shop and then to the train station, where I reported him to two police officers and they separated us.”

Sadique told the court he was acting romantically and spontaneously following criticism from his wife that he was “boring”.

This included producing the professional-looking music video featuring him crooning into a microphone over the Bryan Adams track, which starts: “It still feels like our first night together. Feels like the first kiss.”

This was to show he was a new man after refusing to join in karaoke with his wife during the marriage, he claimed. “The videos are cringe, but I was out of my comfort zone and trying to be real.

“When you are on your own you end up googling things on the internet like: ‘How to win your girlfriend back’.

“I thought I would show her this side of me and she would say: ‘Wow. He’s changed’.

“I also went to the place I proposed to her and made the videos. I thought it was romantic.”

The campaign has dramatically effected her quality of life, explained Sahar. “It’s frightening and I stay at home. I pull my curtains and keep my alarm with me.

“I’m scared to have a social life and can’t sleep in my own house. If I hear a noise I think it is him or someone he has sent. It’s too much.”

Sadique was bailed to April 21 for a pre-sentence report on condition he does not contact his estranged wife, her mother or visit the Harley Street clinic.