In these years, the crime rate of stalking is gradually increasing. Actually, anyone can be a victim regardless of their age, gender, occupation, ethnicity and sexual orientation. “This sort of thing can happen to very ordinary people and I should know because I'm very ordinary.”, said by Jackie.
An intimacy-seeking stalker
We used to work together for years. I first met him in a small business meeting and found out he was a good and interesting man to talk, even though is a little bit weird, and eventually, we became close friends.
But after a few years, things became slightly different. He was too interested in my family, our decision-making and our children. I had noticed that something went wrong but did not pay much attention to it, and now I realised that it was a big mistake. …show more content…
When he found that I was trying to avoid him, he turned out to be very angry and awkward. He wrote a letter to my mother-in-law, but fortunately, she understood what had happened and supported me a lot to cut all ties with him. “We don’t want to any more contact and it isn’t what we like.” I wrote to him. Although we moved our home, changed my working place, the situation did not get better. Sometimes I found there was something stuck on the back door, maybe a note, a toy car and even my son’s Mother’s Day postcard. Obviously, he had known my new address and came to my garden. When we did eventually get the police involved he seemed to be very surprised. He didn't think what he was doing was wrong and it made him more threatening. I was too nervous and scared during that time and even not dared to empty the bin in the