Category: Stalking

WALES/ENGLAND – New offences of stalking announced

Two new specific criminal offences of stalking will be introduced in England and Wales, the Prime Minister has said. The new offences of stalking and stalking where there is a fear of violence will be created to sit alongside existing offences of harassment in the Protection of Harassment Act 1997 (PHA). The government is tabling …

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WALES/ENGLAND – MPs and peers demand law against stalking

Shop worker Clare Bernal was shot dead at Harvey Nichols store in central London by her ex-boyfriend A new law making stalking a specific offence is needed in England and Wales to stop harassment ending in violence and murder, MPs and peers have said. Their parliamentary inquiry also proposed restrictions on offenders, including on phone …

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