International Law

Stalking: Dangerous Obsession
In films and even songs, stalking can be made light of, or even perceived as a positive or complimentary thing.  However, in real life stalking is a danger that could lead to incredible harm and a wide array of crimes...

Stalking Charge Linked to On-Line Activities
A 20-year-old man was recently arrested an charged with stalking a 15-year-old-girl. This appears to be another situation where the initial contact between the parties was on-line (in this case apparently through X-Box Live)...

Man cleared of Facebook stalking
Man cleared of Facebook stalking"A man has been cleared of harassing his ex-girlfriend on the social networking site Facebook, in what is thought to be the first trial of its kind in the UK".

Emily Leatherman
Leatherman is accused of stalking actor John Cusack. Snip from The AP: In court papers, Cusack said Leatherman "is showing unusual interest by stalking, throwing long letters of interest over my fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside, making...

Former deputy public defender sentenced to 5 years probation for stalking, harassment
Former Corona del Mar defense attorney David Scharf was sentenced to a one year drug treatment program as part of his five year probation sentence for stalking and harassing his ex-girlfriend, the Orange County Register reported (here)...

Amour fou
Unsurprisingly, the papers and blawgers have been all over the story of Kylie McGrath, detained under the Mental Health Act after breaking into the home of solicitor Emma Eardley, whom McGrath had been stalking for over two years...