A stalking victim said she felt her ordeal became more intense because her tormentor didn’t have anything else to do during lockdown. The woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, spoke out as figures showed that Wiltshire Police recorded a rise of almost two-thirds in the number of reports of stalking since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. There were 379 between April 2020 and March this year, compared with 238 the year before. In 2018/19 there were 150 reports. One victim said: “I think the stalking probably got more intense due to the fact lockdown would have caused boredom and increased obsessive thoughts because he didn’t have anything else to do or think about.”