Spiderman mask stalker pleads guilty to targeting woman in Hailsham
Mason Rogers left his victim gifts at her home
Last updated 13th Jan 2025
A man who dropped left a Hailsham woman presents at her home multiple times has pleaded guilty to stalking her.
Mason Rogers targeted his 24-year-old victim between February and November 2024, using a number of disguises including a Spiderman mask.
The 22-year-old of Marsden Road in Eastbourne was not known to his victim when he carried out the offences.
He has been remanded in custody to be sentenced on January 31st after admitting to a charge of stalking involving serious alarm and distress at Brighton Magistrates' Court on Friday (December 10th).
Rogers' campaign of stalking began in February 2024 when he left a limited-edition Valentine’s Day figurine in a bag outside the victim’s address in Hailsham.
Around 5.30am on a morning in August, a second package was posted through the victim’s letter box. The package, wrapped in birthday wrapping paper, was a book based on a TV programme the victim liked when she was a child.
A card inside the book said ‘happy six months and seventeen days since’ – the amount of time that had passed since the first package was left in February.
A QR code printed inside the card also contained a link to a segment of a TV programme called ‘My Stalker’.
The victim, who had installed a doorbell camera after receiving the first package, checked the footage and saw the parcel had been left by a man wearing a Spiderman mask.
In December, a further package was left by a man wearing a baseball cap and a facemask. Inside was a doorbell camera and another camera to install inside the house. A card inside said ‘happy ten months and sixteen days since you found out you had a stalker’.
Rogers was arrested at his home following police enquiries.
Officers searching the address found the victim’s name and address written on a piece of paper in his bedroom, the same wrapping paper used to wrap the parcels the victim received, and headphones matching those worn by the person in the CCTV footage.
There was also a diary that contained numerous notes about the victim and information on her personal life, including ideas about further gifts he planned to buy her.
Rogers gave no comment during police interviews.
DCI Kelly Lewis, Sussex Police's lead for stalking, said:
“The behaviour of Mason Rogers was deeply concerning. Despite not being known to the victim at all, the parcels he left showed knowledge of her including her home address, her birthday, and things she liked when she was a child.
“The victim was understandably distressed and I’d like to commend the strength and bravery she showed in reporting this to police."