Less than one in ten stalking cases ends up in court, official police figures reveal

LESS than one in ten stalking cases ends up in court, official police figures reveal.

Statistics show the number of cases soared from 69,200 in 2020 to 131,200 last year.

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But police charged someone in just 11,039 cases, with only 2,196 people being convicted of stalking.

Of those just 663 were jailed.

There were another 1,271 cases where the stalker was given a caution.

And 939 offences ended with community resolution ...