Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has been left "freaked out" by a stalker who has been hounding him at his home in Italy.

The British singer lives near the famous Lake Como resort with his Italian fiancee and has been shocked to discover a male Irish fan constantly turning up on his doorstep, leaving strange gifts.

And Bellamy admits the mysterious visitor has left him feeling unnerved.

He says, "He’s from Ireland and he keeps coming to where I live in Italy. And he keeps leaving bags full of crazy stuff, like loads of bottles with messages written on them.

"He’s got loads of poetry that he has written, which is all about the end of the world. He’s trying to create little bits of clues and puzzles that are supposed to lead me to some kind of journey somewhere."