No hiding places for stalkers – Metro

What’s on the front page of the Metro this morning? 

The front page of the Metro this morning – 03/12/2024 – reports on the government’s clampdown on stalkers. 

1. Victims of online stalking will get the right to learn the identity of their tormenters as part of a new government clampdown on the terrifying crime.

   At the moment, those whose lives are thrown into turmoil by chilling messages and pictures sometimes need to wait until a court appearance to find out who is responsible for them.

   But the Home Office has today announced plans to introduce a ‘Right to Know’, which would allow the police to reveal a stalker’s identity at the earliest opportunity.

2. A Russian spy discussed sending a ‘true sexy bitch’ to discredit an award-winning journalist in a ‘honeypot’ trap, a court has heard.

   Austrian national Jan Marsalek was found to have exchanged a series of encrypted messages with Kremlin spy Orlin Roussev, in which they plotted to ruin the reputation of Bellingcat investigative journalist Christo Grozev in 2021.