Record number of prosecutions against stalkers who ‘devastate lives of victims’

It comes as the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) called on police forces to take urgent action to improve the way they handle reports of stalking and deal with victims.

The move is in response to a so-called "super-complaint" by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, a charity which works to prevent violence and aggression against individuals and organisations, on behalf of the National Stalking Consortium.

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The most recent figures from the Ministry of Justice show that police prosecuted 37 stalking crimes in Norfolk over the past year, including breaches of stalking........

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