Category: harassment

Is following people illegal? News of the World investigation techniques and the civil law – Legal Week

Posted November 14th, 2011 in data protection, harassment, media, news, private investigators by sally

“The BBC revealed last week that the News of the World (NoW) had engaged ex-policeman Derek Webb to carry out covert surveillance of more than 100 individuals. From 2003 through to 2011 Webb worked for the newspaper following celebrities, royals, politicians and others, sometimes for days, or weeks at a time. For example, former Home Secretary Charles Clarke MP is said to have been watched for more than 20 days.”

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Legal Week, 14th November 2011

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Stalking victims claim crime not taken seriously enough – The Guardian

Posted November 14th, 2011 in harassment, news, victims by sally

“Most victims of stalking who turn to the criminal justice system for protection say it is failing them, a survey reveals.”

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The Guardian, 13th November 2011

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Internet stalker jailed for putting explicit pictures of girlfriend online – The Guardian

Posted October 31st, 2011 in computer crime, harassment, internet, news, sentencing by sally

“The former girlfriend of an internet stalker jailed on Monday for posting sexual images of her online in a year-long campaign of harassment said his sentence ‘will never make up for the hurt he has put me through’.”

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The Guardian, 31st October 2011

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Madonna stalker detained indefinitely by British court – The Guardian

Posted October 25th, 2011 in deportation, detention, harassment, mental health, news, restraining orders by sally

“A Polish man who twice broke into properties owned by Madonna was ordered to be detained indefinitely by a judge at Soutwark crown court after doctors said he posed a serious risk to the singer.”

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The Guardian, 24th October 2011

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PC jailed over sex text abuse – The Independent

Posted October 18th, 2011 in harassment, misfeasance in public office, news, police, sentencing by sally

“A ‘sexually obsessed’ police officer who sent explicit text messages to vulnerable women after his marriage fell apart has been jailed for three years and four months.”

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The Independent, 17th October 2011

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Rio Ferdinand stalker loses appeal against conviction – The Guardian

Posted October 12th, 2011 in appeals, harassment, news, restraining orders by sally

“A woman who was convicted of stalking Manchester United footballer Rio Ferdinand has had her appeal dismissed after she failed to appear at the court hearing.”

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The Guardian, 11th October 2011

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Stalking victims failed by the law – The Guardian

Posted September 26th, 2011 in harassment, news, victims by sally

“Victims of stalking are being failed by the law, according to the first study of its kind, which has resulted in calls for new ways to tackle the crime.”

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The Guardian, 24th September 2011

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Misconduct not proven for Fiona Pilkington officers – BBC News

Posted September 16th, 2011 in complaints, harassment, news, police, professional conduct by tracey

“Four Leicestershire police officers have been cleared of misconduct after a woman killed herself and her daughter blaming repeated harassment.”

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BBC News, 16th September 2011

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Tales of bullying and abuse ‘prove authorities have failed disabled’ – The Independent

Posted September 12th, 2011 in bullying, disabled persons, harassment, news by tracey

“Public authorities are guilty of a ‘systemic failure’ to protect the hundreds of thousands of disabled people who routinely endure harassment or abuse, according to an inquiry. The most extreme cases of abuse, including torture and murder, represent only a small part of the problem, and a ‘cultural shift’ is needed in how disabled people are viewed.”

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The Independent, 12th September 2011

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‘Jonnie Marbles’ in Murdoch foam attack sentence appeal – BBC News

Posted August 5th, 2011 in appeals, assault, harassment, news, sentencing by sally

“A man jailed for six weeks for throwing shaving foam at News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch is appealing against his sentence.”

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BBC News, 5th August 2011

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Murdoch foam pie attack: ‘Jonnie Marbles’ jailed – BBC News

Posted August 2nd, 2011 in assault, harassment, news, sentencing by sally

“A man who threw a plate of shaving foam at News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch has been jailed for six weeks.”

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BBC News, 2nd August 2011

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‘Jonnie Marbles’ guilty of pie assault on Rupert Murdoch – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 29th, 2011 in assault, harassment, news by tracey

“Jonathan May-Bowles, the comedian who threw a foam pie at media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has been convicted of assault and causing harassment, alarm or distress.”

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Daiy Telegraph, 29th July 2011

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Nottingham pig’s head mosque race abuse man sentenced – BBC News

Posted July 21st, 2011 in criminal damage, harassment, news, public order, racism, religiously aggravated offences, suspended sentences by sally

“A man who was involved in placing a pig’s head on a pole outside the possible site of a mosque in Nottingham has been given a suspended sentence.”

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BBC News, 21st July 2011

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Jones and another v Ruth and another – WLR Daily

Posted July 14th, 2011 in appeals, damages, harassment, law reports, mental health by tracey

Jones and another v Ruth and another [2011] EWCA Civ 804;  [2011] WLR (D)  222

“Foreseeability of the injury or loss sustained by a claimant was not an essential element in the cause of action for harassment under section 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.”

WLR Daily, 12th July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

TV producer faces jail for stalking his former classmate – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 14th, 2011 in harassment, news, restraint orders by tracey

“A television producer who searched the internet for a former classmate 40,000 times, paid for background searches on the woman’s husband and posed as a parent at her daughter’s nursery is facing jail.”

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Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2011

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HSBC manager held overdrawn customer against her will – BBC News

Posted July 7th, 2011 in banking, debts, false imprisonment, harassment, news by sally

“HSBC bank has written off a customer’s overdraft after a judge decided it had unlawfully imprisoned her and harassed her with hundreds of phone calls.”

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BBC News, 6th July 2011

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Astellas Pharma Ltd and others v Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 1st, 2011 in demonstrations, enforcement, harassment, injunctions, law reports, representative actions by tracey

Astellas Pharma Ltd and others v Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and others [2011] EWCA Civ 752;  [2011] WLR (D)  213

“An injunction obtained in representative proceedings was binding on all persons represented in the claim, but a judge was entitled, in the exercise of his discretion, to refuse to frame the order in terms which would make it enforceable by or against persons who were not parties to the claim.”

WLR Daily, 29th June 2011

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Swearing at police not an offence – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 27th, 2011 in harassment, news, police, prosecutions by sally

“Police have been ordered not to arrest people who subject them to abuse, it has been revealed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2011

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Plumber Ian Puddick cleared of harassing wife’s lover on internet – The Guardian

Posted June 20th, 2011 in freedom of expression, harassment, internet, news by sally

“A man has been cleared of harassing his wife’s millionaire lover on the internet in ‘a victory for free speech and the small man’.”

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The Guardian, 17th June 2011

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Government to launch inquiry into ‘outdated’ cyberstalking laws – The Independent

Posted June 20th, 2011 in harassment, inquiries, internet, news by sally

“The government is to launch an investigation into the growing problem of cyberstalking, The Independent has learnt.”

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The Independent, 18th June 2011

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