![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/victim-stalked-for-almost-20-years-calls-sentence-an-insult/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127476708_clairewaxman.jpg&description=The Victims Commissioner for London has described the sentence handed down to her stalker of 19 years as "an insult".In October Elliot Fogel, 47, was found guilty for a sixth time of breaching a lifetime restraining order designed to stop him contacting Claire Waxman.He was given a 16-month sentence but was released immediately as he had spent time in custody awaiting trial.The Home Office said it takes its response to stalking "extremely seriously".In an exclusive interview with BBC Newsnight, Ms Waxman said she was "absolutely shocked" by the punishment and is calling for a review of stalking legislation because she believes it isn't working for victims.She said stalking is a crime of "psychological terror" which is "so invasive to all parts of your life that it changes you as a person". "It's absolutely awful. What I'd gone through knowing he's been released since last week, the safety plans that had to be put in place for the children, their schools, my workplace and just all the things I have to now consider again. It takes its toll," she says.Fogel's restraining order was first imposed on him in 2005. His stalking has including searching Ms Waxman's name in Google more than 40,000 times in one 12-month period, turning up at her work and home, and posing as a prospective parent at her child's nursery.In the latest incident, he sent a 20-page letter to Ms Waxman's employer, the Mayor of London, making false claims about her. The mum of two has been diagnosed with PTSD as a result of the long campaign of harassment and says the recent occurrence was "retriggering"."It's a wound... that is trying to heal. It doesn't take a lot to reopen and to really trigger the trauma, and take you back to where you've been years before," she said.In 2021 there were 673,129 stalking and harassment offences recorded by police in England and Wales, according to the ONS. The Suzy Lamplugh Trust, a charity which supports stalking victims, estimates that 0.1% of cases leads to a convi){kind=link}
The Victims Commissioner for London has described the sentence handed down to her stalker of 19 years as “an insult”.
In October Elliot Fogel, 47, was found guilty for a sixth time of breaching a lifetime restraining order designed to stop him contacting Claire Waxman.
He was given a 16-month sentence but was released immediately as he had spent time in custody awaiting trial.
The Home Office said it takes its response to stalking “extremely seriously”.
In an exclusive interview with BBC Newsnight, Ms Waxman said she was “absolutely shocked” by the punishment and is calling for a review of stalking legislation because she believes it isn’t working for victims.