Katie Hogan in Podcasts

Katie points to the 2022 murder of 21-year-old Whasana Yakubi, who was subjected to relentless stalking by 30-year-old Kanwa Palsing, as an example of why advocates pushed for these new laws and better training across the justice system.

Katie is a King's Council and she's not surprised at the lack of action in Pieta's case. In a situation of being stalked by not necessarily a stranger but someone you don't know particularly well or someone who's just fixated on you or someone who you've had a coffee with,

We'll come back to Pieta's story later in the podcast. But first, I'm Coco Lance, and that's lawyer Katie Hogan. And today on The Detail, she's going to talk us through the law change that comes into force today that will make stalking a specific criminal offence for the very first time.