Baby Reindeer writer isn't the real victim..I'm the victim here

Stalker storyline and online ID frenzy 'have made me a target claims lawver depicted in new show

-  JOHN DINGWALL

THE Scot accused of being the real-life stalker portrayed in hit Netflix show Baby Reindeer has claimed: "I'm the victim here." 

The woman has been linked by online sleuths to stalker "Martha" in the hit show - with writer Richard Gadd saying he wrote the series after his experience of being harassed by her.

But the woman, who lives in London, claims she has been hit with death threats and is the one now being stalked as a result of the hit show.

Fans of the series turned detective to identify the real-life Martha in comic Gadd's show, where an infatuated woman stalks him after he gives her a free cup of tea.

Speaking exclusively to the Record, the woman revealed her life has been turned upside down as a result of the Scots comedian's "true story".

She said: "I'm the victim here, not Richard Gadd. I've had death threats as a result of his show despite the fact a lot of the things he claimed are not true.

"Someone online said, 'If I find you I will kill you'. A guy in North Carolina said that he and other people were going to stalk me like I am supposed to have stalked Gadd.

"I got two hours' sleep last night.