11:02 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nA woman who repeatedly turned up at footballer Rio Ferdinand’s Cheshire home has been convicted of harassment.<\/p>\n
Susanne Ibru, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, twice disturbed the Manchester United player and his wife at night, claiming she needed to speak to him.<\/p>\n
She was convicted at Macclesfield Magistrates’ Court in her absence.<\/p>\n
Ibru left court after being told Mr Ferdinand’s wife was excused from giving evidence as she had given birth to their third child at the weekend.<\/p>\n
Mr Ferdinand, 32, told the court he was left “angry and upset” when Ibru repeatedly turned up at his home.<\/p>\n
Ibru, 38, of Queens Road, had denied harassing the ex-England captain and his family.<\/p>\n
The court heard she turned up at his home in Alderley Edge three times between February and June last year.<\/p>\n
Ian Davies, for the prosecution, said the first incident happened in the early hours of 21 February.<\/p>\n
He told the court Mr and Mrs Ferdinand were asleep in bed when she woke him after hearing the buzzer of the intercom at the entrance gate to their home.<\/p>\n
The footballer said he went to the bathroom window to see who was at the gates and saw a figure wearing a hooded top in the darkness.<\/p>\n
He said he shouted down to see who it was and the figure looked up and he was able to see it was Ms Ibru.<\/p>\n
He said: “At first I was angry and upset but then disturbed, really, because I have got a young family and this was not the time or the place to be coming to speak to me.”<\/p>\n
Ms Ibru, formerly of Peckham, south London, conducted her own defence.<\/p>\n
She said that she had been to Mr Ferdinand’s home about four or five times over the past four years.<\/p>\n
She asked him: “Do you think that amounts to harassment?”<\/p>\n
The footballer replied: “Yes.”<\/p>\n
Mr Ferdinand then said: “I called the police because I didn’t want you at my house.”<\/p>\n
As he left the court, she said: “I’ll see you soon, bye.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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