More than 80,000 stalking offences were recorded in England and Wales in 2020, figures from the Office for National Statistics show. Yet just 5% of stalking cases result in a charge*. Now a campaign group has made a super-complaint against the police about their lack of action. It’s supported by Clive Ruggles, the father of Alice Ruggles, 24, who was murdered by an ex-boyfriend who stalked her. With the pandemic seeing a huge rise in stalking cases, and numbers continuing to soar, isn’t it time more was done to protect victims? Woman Investigates…
‘MY STALKER EX DROVE HIS CAR INTO MY HOUSE’
Karen Ferguson, 51, lives in Cambridgeshire with her son and daughter.
I met Thomas Ferguson in Spain when I was 31 and working as a resort manager and he was a part-time bouncer and maintenance man. He was easy