A man who stalked Keira Knightley and sent her indecent images of children has admitted threatening her family.
Mark Revill, 50, flouted a restraining order in a series of chilling tweets, suggesting he would attack the Hollywood star, her husband James Righton, 33, and two-year-old daughter Edie at their home.
He posted: ‘My campaign of disobedience continues in Canonbury tonight’ and ‘Keira Knightley and James Righton are not going to get much help from the police.’
Mark Revill (left), 50, admitted flouting a restraining order banning him from contacting actress Keira Knightley (right)
Revill, from Hackney, east London, admitted breaching the order between January 1 and April 1, at Blackfriars Crown Court.
It prohibits him contacting Miss Knightley and going within 100 metres of her £3.9million north London home.
During proceedings, he shouted from the dock: ‘They [the tweets] were directed towards James Righton.’
After he was arrested, police found a collection of 324 indecent images of children he had downloaded.
During his sick campaign against Knightley, he had also sent the mother-of-one an indecent picture of a child, the court heard.
Prosecutor Jennifer Knight said: ‘Ms Knightley sets out in her statement it was something that gave her particular anxiety since they have a young child.’
Revill also pleaded guilty to making indecent photographs of children and distributing an indecent photograph of a child via twitter.
Keira Knightley with her musician husband, James Righton
Revill further admitted an additional, lesser charge, of sending menacing messages via a public online forum.
He claims he only made 88 indecent images of children, but the dispute will not effect his sentence.
Miss Knight said: ‘These charges arise from the fact Mr Revill was convicted of stalking, having attended Keira Knightley’s house over a period of eight weeks and posted postcards and other items through her front door.
‘The crown will be applying for another restraining order in more stringent terms than before.
‘We will ask for a Sexual Harm Prevention Order to prevent any further publishing of indecent images.’
Remanding Revill in custody until his sentencing, Judge Rajeev Shetty said: ‘The psychiatric material requires some going into.
‘You pleaded guilty to these matters and you will get some credit for pleading guilty. A second psychiatric report has been requested and it is not complete.
‘There is no indication from me as to what the sentence will be. It will be either a hospital order or it could be imprisonment.’
Revill’s lawyer Lisa Wilson revealed psychiatrists have not recommended her client be locked-up.
She said: ‘They are recommending a hospital order, not requiring it to be a restrictive one.’