A 44-year-old events organiser from Belsize Park has been charged with stalking offences involving serious alarm and distress.

Jonathan Groman was charged on May 15 under the Protection from Harrassment Act 1997 after being arrested the previous day.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed he will next appear in custody at Harrow Crown Court on June 12.

Mr Groman was previously a shadow director of an events company hired by Jewish families to organise weddings, bar and batmizvahs and other simchahs.

More recently he worked for a short spell as a caretaker at Finchley Reform Synagogue.