New law should make stalking an offence: MPs
Stalking should be made an offence and a raft of measures brought in to deal with offenders and prevent harassment turning to physical harm, an inquiry by a group of MPs and Lords said Tuesday.
Victim: stalking 'is like mental rape'
Stalking victim Tracey Morgan calls for a specific criminal offence to be defined after she suffered years of torment that led to depression and the break up of her marriage.
Plaid MP leads stalking law call
A Plaid Cymru MP leads calls for a new law making stalking a specific offence in England and Wales to stop harassment resulting in violence.
MPs demand law against stalking
A new law making stalking a specific offence is needed in England and Wales to stop harassment ending in violence, MPs and peers have said.
Police failing to take stalking complaints seriously, inquiry finds
Parliamentary inquiry says laws on harassment and stalking are not 'fit for purpose' and are in need of fundamental reform The police and criminal justice system provides protection to the rich and famous from stalkers but fails to take complaints from the public seriously, according to the results of an independent inquiry published on Tuesday. The parliamentary inquiry set up by a cross-party ...
MPs call for new law to make stalking a criminal offence
Pressure grows for stalking to be recognised as an offence in England and Wales, and for longer sentences to protect victims Victims of stalkers could win new protection following completion of a major inquiry, which will this week recommend that a specific offence of stalking be created to combat the problem. An all-party parliamentary group is to publish a report into its six-month ...