THE justice system is “failing” to protect victims of stalking, harassment and domestic abuse from their offenders, according to a damning report released yesterday.

Just over half of the 122 victims surveyed in the report — carried out by Plaid Cymru and victims’ rights charity Voice4Victims — had a restraining order taken out against their perpetrator.

Of these court orders, two-thirds did not explicitly forbid the perpetrators from contacting their victims online despite its prevalence in day-to-day life.