"The alarm bells started to ring in Nicola's head when she attended a gig in her home city, and she realised her ex-partner's son was also in the audience. He explained that he had been told to avoid her at the concert if they were to bump into one another. That was the first alarm bell, she told The Independent. How would he know I was going to be there, and told in advance to avoid me?"
"In April 2024, Nicola, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, had ended an abusive short-lived relationship, which had seen her report her former partner to the police for sexual assault. A few months later, in July, she realised that this chance meeting was the start of something far more sinister, as her ex began to relentlessly stalk her at any given opportunity turning up at her home, workplace and places she exercised."
A woman ended an abusive relationship in April 2024 after reporting her former partner for sexual assault. Months later she experienced sustained stalking as the ex-partner began appearing at her home, workplace and places she exercised, including unexpectedly being at a train station miles from his home. She discovered unexpected messages and evidence of contact despite claiming to have been blocked. Freedom of Information data from 18 police forces in England and Wales show a 1,034% increase in coercive control cases involving GPS devices and an 896% rise in stalking reports since 2018.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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