Stalking vittima dice che la polizia del Regno Unito non le ha preso sul serio “anni di inferno”

I was a victim of stalking by a male friend for years, and the police and university did nothing.

He turned on me because I refused to help him cheat on an exam with his stupidly risky plan, he failed that exam and blamed it on me.

For the next 2 years he would regularly stand outside my window staring at me, followed me home, would “casually” mention that he wanted me dead and tortured (known from mutual friends who realised he was awful). He even twice tried to physically attack me (charged towards me at the park between us at night and I ran) but I had 0 evidence of this so no one cared. He would befriend anyone I did in an effort to make them hate me, and kept touching me. Many peers didn’t believe me because he was “such a nice guy”. Turned out he abused his then-gf – a lovely woman I’m friends with now.

I spoke to the university, simply asking if we could arrange a way for us to not have the same electives, and they said that *I* was being the difficult one. So I had to change my modules and I couldn’t pursue the education I actually wanted.

He then made false reports of me at the place I volunteered at as a student. Everything got debunked – in fact when I got called in and told the accusations, I immediately went “it’s this guy, isn’t it”. But the org kept getting harassed by him and a bunch of bots he set up, and they eventually let me go to “keep the peace”.

The police got involved in this time and they said there was no case unless there was proof he managed to successfully physically attack me. Despite multiple people willingly offering their own testimonies backing up my story. They interviewed him and concluded he was a “nice shy guy” from a “good family” (read: white middle class southerner) – with, of course “a bright promising future”.

They gave me a literal rape whistle and called it a day. When I told them about the park incidents, they chided me that a woman shouldn’t be out in the *children’s park outside her home* at night.

It’s been almost a decade since all this and he still regularly stalks my LinkedIn. He is very successful in his career and leads a normal life, completely free from any accountability for his actions.

Stalking isn’t taken as seriously as it needs to be.

Also, OT but still: Why did they turn up the sharpness and clarity of the photo of her soooo much?

My friend’s mam called the police everyday on her stalker but they never took her seriously and she later on committed

I am a victim of stalking, the red army has been following me for over 5 years now police don’t do anything