In relation to the criminal behaviour perpetrated against the Petitioner’s sister, we are not convinced that the police could take no action in relation to the abuse perpetrated against her, either against the perpetrator’s stalking and harassment of her sister, particularly given the extremely serious nature of the abuse and the 1 Law Society of Scotland submission of 1 November 2023 2 Minister for Victims and Community Safety submission of 1 June 2023 3 Official Report of Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee, 6 September 2023 4 SPICe Briefing on PE2025 criminal charges previously laid against the perpetrator, or against the actions of the perpetrator’s family toward her sister.