Whasana Yakubi in Podcasts

When you go to police to report you've got a stalker, you expect them to take it seriously. But for Auckland law student, Farzana Yakubi, they didn't. Even after she reported her stalker three times. And two weeks later, she was dead. And the man that she reported as her stalker had become her murderer. So the advantage of this new, strong...

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.