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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Stalking victims to be told perpetrator’s identity, says Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips said that when she was a victim of stalking, she ‘didn’t have the right to know’ their name. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Victims of stalking will be given the right to know the identity of the person who is doing it, Jess Phillips, the UK safeguarding minister has said, as part of a wider look at whether legislation connected to the crime is fit for purpose.

Under new guidance from the Home Office, police in England and Wales will be told to inform people if they uncover the identity of a stalker, for example one using a series of anonymous online identities.

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