Police told not to use fines in stalking cases after Shana Grice murder
by Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#4MWHY)
19-year-old killed by ex-boyfriend was fined for 'wasting officers' time' after reporting harassment
Police officers have been told not to hand out fixed penalty notices in stalking and harassment cases after the teenager Shana Grice was fined for wasting police time before she was murdered.
The Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) issued the recommendation to chief constables of all forces in England and Wales in the wake of the 19-year-old's killing at the hands of her ex-boyfriend after he spent months stalking and harassing her.
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