Stalking Protection Orders will no longer need to reach the criminal threshold, as figures obtained under freedom of information laws by a victims' charity show some police forces have issued fewer than 10 per year.
New legal guidance will make it easier for police to go after stalkers, after ministers admitted too many are slipping through the net. Stalking Protection Orders were introduced four years ago and allow police to impose conditions on perpetrators not to approach or contact their victims. But figures obtained under freedom of information laws by a victims' charity show some police forces have issued fewer than 10 per year.
Read more from Sky News:MP accused of misusing campaign funds quits Tory PartyNew footage emerges in Met Police 'openly Jewish' exchangeCrime scene where human torso was found reopens The number of people convicted of a criminal offence of stalking in the year to March 2023, according to the latest official figures was just 1,955 - a rate of 1.7%.
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