– When I go through the underpass here, I always wonder if he will come running after me. He does that sometimes. Then he sneezes my face. Vibeke tells about the man whom she has reported to the police seven times in the last 16 years. Vibeke has reported him for “stalking”. What is called personal persecution in the law. But the law does not play on Vibeke’s team. Vibeke shows the underground which the police have advised her to use when it is dark. Photo: Ola Hana / news It has been two years since she told news’s story. The story is still the same. The police have questioned the man several times, but have never charged the man and have put the cases aside. – They said that he is more troublesome than dangerous, but that I should not go into the underpass when it is dark. Willing to close the hole in the law State Attorney Kaia Strandjord in Trøndelag believes there is a hole in the law which means that “stalking” is not punishable. – There was a former custodial sentence who walked around and looked in the window and secretly photographed young girls. He was acquitted in the High Court because it was not his intention that he should be found out, explains Strandjord. State Attorney Kaia Strandjord. Photo: news With this judgment, the Supreme Court therefore states that stalking is permitted as long as the “stalker” manages to hide it. The public prosecutor wants the hole in the law to be closed. Already in 2019, he will send a bill to the Attorney General. It was forwarded to the Ministry of Justice. Two years ago, the bill was discussed. Nevertheless, it has not yet been introduced.Strandjord wants progress. – Not an illegal area – I am looking at this and it is an important area. At the same time, it is important for me to clarify that it is not a law-free area today, says Hans-Petter Aasen (Sp), State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice. He believes it is important that those who are exposed to “stalking” report it to the police. State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice Hans-Petter Aasen. Photo: Rune Kongsro / Ministry of Justice and Emergency Preparedness – There are penal regulations today that can cover these actions, says Aasen. Vibeke has installed alarms and cameras in the flat. She always has the blinds down. The man she has reported to the police a number of times for stalking lives in the block directly opposite. The man denies to news that he is looking at her or stalking her, but the man appears in the window during the interview. news has also seen a number of videos and photos she has taken of him in which he comes after her on the subway or on the street. Vibeke takes care to have the blinds down in the window that faces the block where the man lives. Photo: Ola Hana / news Vibeke is not the only one who lives like this. A Norwegian study from 2014 shows that one in eight women is “stalked” during her lifetime. – It is completely surreal that one is so poorly protected. I am a woman in Norway in 2023. I cannot take the subway without being afraid that he will come after me. Politicians, pick up the pace, she says.
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Vibeke has been “stalked” for 16 years – now she demands a change in the law – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
