Nabeel Waseem, 33, was formally cleared of stalking her following a hearing at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court, after he accepted a restraining order which will keep him away from the pop star.
The former Harrods employee was arrested in January having visited Jade’s grandmother in the star’s home town of South Shields, South Tyneside.
Jade on stage last year (Ian West/PA Wire)
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Police warned him if he wanted to have contact with her, he must go through her record label, the court heard.
So Waseem, of Broadwater Road, Wandsworth, London, contacted her management to say he was dying of epilepsy, had spent thousands on tickets and albums and he wanted to work for them for free.
This sparked further alarm, the court heard.
Clare Irving, prosecuting, said: “She felt nervous, unsettled, scared for her own safety and that of her family. She felt harassed and in fear of physical violence.”
Geoffrey Forrester, defending, said Waseem was motivated by his belief that Little Mix deserved better management than Simon Cowell.
“He cannot plead guilty because he doesn’t accept he has done anything wrong,” his solicitor said.
“His motives were entirely well-intended. He wishes nothing but the very best for the group.”
He said his client had never been in the same town as Jade, or been in her sight.
Waseem, wearing a black hoodie, tracksuit bottoms and open-toed sandals for the hearing, was allowed to explain how Little Mix’s 10 million fans around the world, if asked, would vote for the band to leave Simon Cowell’s management company.
“I was only trying to be a middle-man, trying to convey that message,” he told the court.
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