“Stalkers’ use of sending letters and gifts as a ‘socially distanced’ behaviour also highlights that the obsession and fixation which characterise stalking do not disappear under lockdown restrictions,” she told the publication on Wednesday. It is vital that the police use all of the tools at their disposal, particularly Stalking Protection Orders, before concerning behaviour escalate in severity.”Ĭommissioner Vera Baird told The Telegraph it is harder to identify and prosecute stalkers because of their masked identity on CCTV.
“A lot more needs to be done to give those affected by this crime the confidence that they will be listened to and supported when they report their experience of stalking. “The pandemic has been a stalkers’ paradise as perpetrators have been able to learn more ways of being more vicious, leaving victims terrified,” Ms Wise told i.
