zoe dronfield was subjected to an eight—hour ordeal by a former boyfriend and nearly died.ting to stalk me — so i was being harassed, stalked, he was contact me on all sorts of platforms, and this was hundreds of times a day. today, police gain new powers to tackle stalking. they'll be able to apply for court orders which will ban suspects from contacting or approaching their alleged victims while officers are investigating. if suspects breach the order, they could be jailed for up to five years. the organisation which represents senior police officers, the national police chiefs council, is welcoming these new measures, calling them another tool to help improve the safety of stalking victims. it's also encouraging anyone who is a victim of stalking to come forward as soon as possible and get help. the minister for women visiting a helpline for stalking victims. staff here are on the frontline of the problem. these are really groundbreaking orders that the police will be able to apply for to protect victims of stalking but also to make sure that the perpetrators are getting

zoe dronfield was subjected to an eight—hour ordeal by a former boyfriend and nearly died. an ex—partner. i'd entered the relationship and he was starting to stalk me, so i was being harassed, stalked, he was contacting me on all sorts of platforms, and this was hundreds of times a day. tomorrow police gain new powers to tackle stalking. they'll be able to apply for court orders which will ban suspects from contacting or approaching their alleged victims while officers are investigating. if suspects breach the order, they could be jailed for up to five years. the organisation which represents senior police officers, the national police chiefs council, is welcoming these new measures, calling them another tool to help improve the safety of stalking victims. it's also encouraging anyone who is a victim of stalking to come forward as soon as possible and get help. the minister for women visiting a helpline for stalking victims. staff here are on the front line of the problem. these are really groundbreaking orders that the police will be able to apply for to protect victims of

and zoe dronfield suffered terrible injuries when she was held hostage by her ex—boyfriend in 201a. re. driving force for you and the family, iam driving force for you and the family, i am sure. zoe, driving force for you and the family, iam sure. zoe, tell us driving force for you and the family, i am sure. zoe, tell us a bit about your story and what happened to you ? bit about your story and what happened to you? it was back in 2014, i had ended a relationship, that was when the stalking started. i was that was when the stalking started. iwas being that was when the stalking started. i was being contact with numerous times a day, in fact, hundreds of times a day, in fact, hundreds of times a day on different platforms. i had reported it to the police and actually, their response was not great at the time. they said he has not really done anything so there isn't really anything we can do. in terms of the protection orders, that is great, but we need to make sure that the police on the ground know what they are doing. in terms of stalking, can you explain what form that took? it was