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Elly Blake

‘I wouldn’t be here without my advocate’ - stalking victims support petition calling for more protection

“If it hadn’t been for my stalking advocate, I don’t think I would be here, because being stalked is horrendous. But what is equally as bad is the handling of it by the police. It just takes over your life.”

In 2017, Jane*, which is not her real name, befriended the man who went on to stalk her for four years, giving him a job at her shop in south-west London.

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