Online stalking victims get right to know perpetrator’s ID

Victims of the crime of stalking are to be given better protection including the right to know the identity of their online harasser.

New legal protections unveiled by the Home Office also include Stalking Protection Orders and a ban on contacting victims from prison.

In this episode, we’re joined broadcaster and activist Nicola Thorp, who's also a former star of Coronation Street, to discuss her experience of being stalked online.

Thorp's ordeal helped inspire the ‘Right to Know’ guidance for police, after data protection laws hampered her discovering vital details about the stalker.

The Standard podcast also speaks with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s director of services and development, Catherine McLaughlin, after the charity brought a ‘super-complaint’ with other organisations to demand better support for victims.

In part two, The London Standard’s business editor Jonathan Prynn on London’s most expensive ever residential development, in Mayfair, where prices start at £35 million – around 70 times the average cost of a home in the capital. 

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