![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/brother-of-rock-legend-tried-to-blackmail-superfan-out-of-100k-from-behind-bars/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Collage-Maker-10-Aug-2023-06-30-PM-9781.jpg&description=couple's torment Published : 18:53, 10 Aug 2023 Simple Minds star Jim Kerr's stalker brother tried to blackmail a superfan of the band out of £100,000 before he was jailed for harassing the man and his wife. Paul Kerr, 59, repeatedly branded NHS nurse John Fagan a child rapist on Facebook in a "relentless" 11-month hate campaign that started when Mr Fagan posted an "innocent" negative online comment about the Scottish group's new album. 3 Paul Kerr, brother of Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr, stalked Julie & John Fagan 3 Kerr tried to blackmail a superfan of the band out of £100,000 before he was jailed for harassing the man and his wife. Credit: PA 3 Kerr is the brother of Jim, the vocalist for Simple Minds Credit: Photo by Cristina Andina/Redferns Kerr began abusing Mr Fagan after he posted on Facebook that the band sacking its drummer and keyboard was "a big mistake", Lewes Crown Court heard in 2019. He posted "pure and utter filth" about the couple in a "relentless" hate campaign, jurors were told. Kerr was jailed in 2020 after a targeted campaign of harassment against the couple. Now he has had his jail term extended for continuing his "relentless" campaign of harassment from behind bars. Kerr wrote to Mr Fagan, his employer and several organisations falsely accusing him of being a paedophile who abused his patients. Kerr was locked up in January 2020 for six years, with an additional three years on licence, and given a restraining order. But, within days of being jailed, he began to write letters to the NHS and Sussex Police repeating his accusations as he sought to have Mr Fagan sacked or arrested. Kerr, of Brighton, East Sussex, was jailed for a further four years after being found guilty of stalking and harassment at Lewes Crown Court on Tuesday. He had denied stalking Mr Fagan, who has been to more than 350 Simple Minds concerts, and his wife Julie during the original trial at the same court in 2019. Jurors heard Kerr sent an email to police threatening to mu){kind=link}
Simple Minds star Jim Kerr’s stalker brother tried to blackmail a superfan of the band out of £100,000 before he was jailed for harassing the man and his wife.
Paul Kerr, 59, repeatedly branded NHS nurse John Fagan a child rapist on Facebook in a “relentless” 11-month hate campaign that started when Mr Fagan posted an “innocent” negative online comment about the Scottish group’s new album.
Kerr began abusing Mr Fagan after he posted on Facebook that the band sacking its drummer and keyboard was “a big mistake”, Lewes Crown Court heard in 2019.
He posted “pure and utter filth” about the couple in a “relentless” hate campaign, jurors were told.
Kerr was jailed in 2020 after a targeted campaign of harassment against the couple.