Saturday 18 April 2009

Stalking


Stalking is usually defined as receiving unwanted attention. According to the British Crime Survey, last year 9 percent of women and 7 percent of men have reported being stalked. Contrary to popular belief the stalkers usually are ex-partners or friends of their victims. The stalking can be completely harmless or can be of harmful nature.

I discovered the case of film star Uma Thurman being harassed by a stalker called Jack Jordan. Even her parents received e-mails from this stalker saying he wanted to meet Uma Thurman or he would kill himself.

It is said that he sent 20 bizarre letters to Thurman in 2005, while he was in a psychiatric clinic. On one of these he wrote, “I feel in love sometimes and at other times terrified, and test the razor's edge on a ledge."

Thurman also received a picture drawn on a religious confirmation card portraying “a razor blade and a gravestone marked RIP near what appeared to be an open grave.” At one time he said that his hands should be on the star's body "at all times.”

The star said, "I was just completely disturbed," she said. "It was almost like a nightmare - it was scary."

If celebrities like Uma Thurman, who can get extra special protection with a click of a finger - can get “completely disturbed”, and feel the experience as being “nightmare”, how would the ordinary stalked woman feel? What about the child or the parents who know that their child is being stalked by a paedophile? What kind of hell do they go through?

It is easy to stalk people on the internet, through their mobile – all you need is their mobile for 5 minutes. Click on the link below to find out more.

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