St Albans man handed domestic abuse charge under new law
A St Albans man was charged with non-fatal strangulation and suffocation using the new Domestic Abuse Act 2021 after an alleged incident in Potters Bar.
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A St Albans man was charged with non-fatal strangulation and suffocation using the new Domestic Abuse Act 2021 after an alleged incident in Potters Bar.
A St Albans man has been charged with non-fatal strangulation and suffocation using a new law which came into force this week.
A man who obsessively stalked his wife and “threatened to kill her” has been given Hertfordshire’s first full Stalking Protection Order (SPO). The five-year order, granted at St Albans Magistrates’ Court on Monday, February 8, is also the first of its kind in the country as it was obtained without support from the victim. If the defendant from Watford breaches the terms of the SPO, he will be arrested. “This is really powerful new legislation which gives protection to those who are being stalked obsessively,” said Detective Inspector Fay Tooley from the Domestic Abuse Inv...