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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Noah Vickers

More than 200 stalking offenders to be fitted with GPS tags in new pilot scheme

London mayor Sadiq Khan said stalking ‘is an horrendous crime that can have a long-lasting impact on victims’ - (PA Archive)

More than 200 stalking offenders in London are to be fitted with GPS tags on their release from prison, under a new pilot scheme launched by Sadiq Khan to reduce re-offending.

The new scheme, which runs up to March 2026 and has been developed following “close consultation with victims and survivor groups across the capital”, will tag individuals who have served custodial sentences for stalking offences with a tracking device under strict licence conditions.

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