Man Using Tracking Device to Monitor Girlfriend
Man Using Tracking Device to Monitor Girlfriend | |
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Short Title | Man Using Tracking Device to Monitor Girlfriend And Control Her Behaviour |
Location | United Kingdom |
Date | November 2020 |
Solove Harm | Surveillance, Decisional Interference |
Information | Location, Computer Device, Account, Physical Characteristics |
Threat Actors | A man |
Individuals | |
Affected | A man's girlfriend |
High Risk Groups | Disabled people, Females |
Tangible Harms | Anxiety |
A man monitored his disabled girlfriend’s movements using a tracking device and used the tracked information to control her behaviour.
Description
Between June 2017 and March 2018, a man monitored his ‘vulnerable’ victim’s movements using a tracking device fitted within a watch he had given to her.Surveillance
He prevented his partner from seeing her family and made threats to her dad and brother, forced her to ‘pull sickies’ from work and controlled her finances. He decided where she could go, who she could see, what she could wear, how her hair and makeup should be done and when and where she could sleep. He even attempted to control her behaviour via a third party while serving time in prison. This is an example of Decisional Interference.
His behaviour caused a physical and mental deterioration, very serious harm and distress in his then girlfriend.
In November 2020 he has been jailed for two-and-a-half years and surcharge payment. Sentencing, judge said, that he used multiple methods of controlling behaviour, including threats, abuse and persistent monitoring of the victim by social media, the use of her bank accounts and creating false profiles – including imitating a police officer.
Breakdown
Threat: A man monitoring his girlfriend through a tracking device installed in a watch he had given her
At-Risk group: Offender’s girlfriend
Harm: Surveillance
Secondary Consequences: Anxiety
Threat: A man forcing his decisions on his girlfriend through threats, abuse, use of her bank accounts and persistent monitoring
At-Risk group: Offender’s girlfriend
Harm: Decisional Interference
Secondary Consequences: Anxiety