Clare Haven’s Service Manager says new laws around stalking put the onus of a crime back on to the perpetrator.
New laws signed off on by the Government will see stalking as well as non-fatal strangulation become standalone offences.
10 years will now be the maximum sentence for assault causing harm, which is a doubling of current limits.
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Dr. Siobhan O’ Connor, who’s Manager of Clare Haven Services, says taking cases out of the criminal court and into a civil setting is a positive.
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