Harassment/Stalking Flashcards
Define Harassment/Stalking under the Protection from harassment Act 1997?
A person must not pursue a course of conduct which amounts to harassment of another and which he knows or ought to know amounts to harassment of the other.
Can a course of conduct committed on more than one person amount to Harassment?
Yes a person must not pursue a course of conduct:
Which involved harassment of two or more persons, and
Which he knows or ought to know amounts to harassment of those persons.
Does the course of conduct have to be on the same person?
No, it can be on a individual or group but has to be a course of conduct on at least two occasions.
what are the points to prove?
The suspect has pursued a course of conduct.
The course of conduct amounts to harassment of another.
The suspect knows or ought to know the conduct amounts to
harassment of the other.
what are the defences of harassment?
A course of conduct will not amount to
harassment if the suspect can show:
That it was pursued for the purpose of preventing or detecting
crime; or
That it was pursued under any enactment or rule of law (or to
comply with any condition or requirement imposed by any person
under any enactment); or
That in the particular circumstances the pursuit of the course of
conduct was reasonable.
