‘A “deeply manipulative” stalker boasted online about concocting a “super duper defence” before claiming in court that she had been kidnapped and raped by an MI5 agent.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A stalking victim was murdered by her ex-boyfriend after police left it to the soldier’s Army bosses to warn him about his behaviour, a report has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police officers failed to properly investigate complaints a young woman made against her former boyfriend in the days before he brutally murdered her, the police watchdog has found.’
BBC News, 12th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “cowardly predator” who cyber-stalked a disabled campaigner against online abuse has been jailed.’
BBC News, 1st August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has apologised to Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts for not prosecuting an ex-boyfriend accused of violating a restraining order for stalking her.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘People found guilty of repeatedly uploading “revenge porn” will face the toughest punishments when new sentencing guidelines come into force.’
Sentencing council press release
BBC News, 5th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man “obsessed with revenge” against the legal system after losing a court case has been jailed for 15 years.’
BBC News, 13th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Stalker Callum Blake-O’Brien created numerous fake social media accounts to send women what prosecutors described as “unimaginably horrendous” messages. One teenager left “emotionally numb” by his unrelenting abuse says he “handpicked” his victims to cause maximum distress.’
BBC News, 9th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Stalking laws are being used to prevent people discovering if their partners are cheating on them, a jilted husband has claimed.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A warehouse worker who stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death after she ended their relationship had been reported to the police four years earlier for stalking a previous partner, it can be revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A “calculating and cruel” husband who stalked his own wife for two years has been jailed.’
BBC News, 24th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Conviction thought to be the first of its kind as prosecutors did not have to prove harassment happened on multiple occasions.’
The Independent, 10th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman has been handed a four-month suspended jail sentence after admitting stalking actor Eddie Redmayne.’
BBC News, 14th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who posted a dead mouse to her ex-partner’s girlfriend has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence.’
BBC News, 21st August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man whose campaign of threats and harassment caused his former partner to kill herself has been jailed for manslaughter.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A convicted paedophile who stalked BBC Radio 2 DJ Sara Cox has been jailed.’
BBC News, 24th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A spurned pilot maliciously signed his former partner up to sadomasochistic dating sites, stalked her and hacked into her bridge club.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Victims of harassment and stalking are being left at risk because of failings by police and prosecutors in England and Wales, say two watchdogs.’
BBC News, 5th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
A woman who was stabbed by her stalker has dismissed a police apology as “meaningless”.
BBC News, 29th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The mother of a young woman murdered by an obsessive ex-boyfriend urged other victims of stalking to speak out and not suffer in silence as her daughter’s killer was jailed for life. Alice Ruggles, 24, who worked for the broadcaster Sky, was stabbed with a carving knife by LCpl Trimaan “Harry” Dhillon, 26, in an “act of utter barbarism” at her Gateshead flat in October.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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