James Forster

Early life Forster was born in 1933 and was employed by the National Coal Board for 11 years before attending Kings College at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. There he studied for a BSc in applied sciences before taking an MSc and PhD. to whom he sent three anonymous letters. Forster also sent pornography to a 13-year-old girl. Shirley Dodd, a mother of two, had her son Jeremy, 11, accused of sending the letters, but he was soon ruled out when Forster was caught. Forster had tried to buy Molly Christian's home when she put it up for sale in 1989, but later dropped out. He turned his attention to the people who bought the house, Roy and Val Kellett and their daughter Joanne, then aged 19. Forster sent an anonymous letter to a man in Darlington inviting him to burgle the Kelletts' home when they were away on holiday. and after an eight-day trial at Teesside Crown Court, a jury took four-and-a-quarter hours to find him guilty of three counts of threatening to destroy property, three of sending indecent mail, and one of incitement to commit burglary. However, he was cleared of three charges of damaging neighbours' property.

Later life and death Forster returned to Manfield upon his release. He lived quietly with his wife until his death in 2017.