‘The police were no help at all’: Victims of stalking being ‘failed at every step’ as minister admits ‘we...

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A leading victims charity has told LBC victims of stalking are being failed at every step of the criminal justice system.

The Susie Lamplugh Trust, which runs the National Stalking Helpline, said there’s still not a deep enough understanding about the crime among police forces and prosecutors.Jenny* from the South East of England, told LBC about her experience of being stalked and said she felt let down by the officers she reported it to.

“But what we do accept is that the police haven’t always been applying for them as much as they ought to have been.“That’s why we’re lowering the evidence threshold for them, from the criminal standard - beyond reasonable doubt - to the civil standard - on balance of probabilities - to make it easier to apply for them.

 

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