111 Offences in relation to stalking
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (2012 c 9) | Legislation

Stalking

111  Offences in relation to stalking

(1)     After section 2 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (offence of harassment) insert—

“2A Offence of stalking

(1)     A person is guilty of an offence if—

(a)     the person pursues a course of conduct in breach of section 1(1), and

(b)     the course of conduct amounts to stalking.

(2)     For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) (and section 4A(1)(a)) a person's course of conduct amounts to stalking of another person if—

(a)     it amounts to harassment of that person,

(b)     the acts or omissions involved are ones associated with stalking, and

(c)     the person whose course of conduct it is knows or ought to know that the course of conduct amounts to harassment of the other person.

(3)     The following are examples of acts or omissions which, in particular circumstances, are ones associated with stalking—

(a)     following a person,

(b)     contacting, or attempting to contact, a person by any means,

(c)     publishing any statement or other material—

(i)     relating or purporting to relate to a person, or

(ii)     purporting to originate from a person,

(d)

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