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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=624051

      One in five victims of stalking are men targeted by women
      In Britain 900,000 people are harassed or receive unwanted attention
each year. Most are women, but men now suffer more than ever
      By Sophie Goodchild, Home Affairs Correspondent
      27 March 2005


      Growing numbers of men have become targets of stalkers as new figures
reveal that 900,000 British people are being harassed or receiving unwanted
attention each year.

      According to the first ever global study into the extent of the crime,
men are now the targets of stalkers in one out of every five cases, with
former girlfriends and, in some cases, obsessive strangers preying on them.

      The findings, to be revealed following extensive research by the
University of Leicester, show that the use of modern technology such as the
internet, email and mobile phones have all contributed to a rise in the
phenomenon.

      Dr Lorraine Sheridan, a senior lecturer in forensic psychology who has
been researching the subject of stalking for the past seven years, said that
women were still the main target of these incidents, which include nuisance
phone calls and even physical assault, but that the impact on male victims
was equally devastating.

      "People are still surprised that men can be victims as well as women
and that they feel the same sort of fear and suffer just as much," Dr
Sheridan said. "The majority of these cases involve women stalking men, but
some are men targeting other men."

      At least half of stalking incidents are carried out by former lovers .

      In January this year, a woman who stalked her former doctor was jailed
for three months. Jane Welsh, a married mother-of-two from Scotland,
repeatedly drove past the surgery of Dr Stephen Wedderburn, made telephone
calls to his house and followed him.

      Stalking is still associated with the rich and famous, most notably
Hollywood actresses. Jodie Foster was stalked by John Hinkley Jr, who
claimed that his attempt to assassinate Ronald Regan was intended to impress
her.

      In fact it affects all levels of society. More than 600 people have
been jailed in Britain since the Government passed anti-stalking laws in
1997. The Protection from Harassment Act was introduced partly in response
to a series of high-profile cases, including that of Anthony Burstow.

      For years, he pursued his victim, Tracey Morgan, who runs the Network
for Surviving Stalking. He broke into her house and sent her used sanitary
towels in the post.

      Ms Morgan successfully prosecuted Burstow for causing grievous bodily
harm, though there was no physical assault. Changing his name to Anthony
Hurdle, he was jailed for life in 2001 for cutting the wrist of a former
girlfriend.

      A new trend is of stalkers stealing identities of victim's relatives
and obtaining information about their victims.

      Hamish Brown, a former detective inspector with the Metropolitan
police who wrote a guide on dealing with stalkers, said people need to be
careful about giving personal details.

      "One danger of starting a website, for example, is that you could
become a target if you reveal too much about yourself," he said.

      'It took me a long time to get over the hurt she caused'

      Peter Tower, 38, a gym instructor from Sevenoaks, Kent, was stalked by
a former girlfriend for 18 months. He had been in the relationship for two
years.

      "A week after we split up, the trouble started. She used to turn up at
my door night and day, which meant I couldn't sleep.

      "At first I tried to reason with her: I tried every approach.
Eventually I gave up and she would just bang on the door.

      "I received 70 letters in the first three months. She would record an
hour-and-a-half of her ramblings on audio tapes which she posted through the
door. She would start by telling me how much she loved me and how she was
going to destroy my life. It usually ended with her threatening to kill me
and my current partner, then herself.

      "She would spend a fortune on bunches of flowers and then dump them on
my doorstep. I couldn't even use my mobile phone because she called all the
time. I needed the phone for my job so it was disastrous.

      "I was angry, I was frightened and I didn't know what to do. I felt
sorry for her so I didn't call the authorities. It took me a long time to
get over the hurt she caused."




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