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Sophie’s ex-partner was then placed on remand and, on 15 September, sentenced to four years and four months for once again breaching a restraining order. He is now in Durham prison, where he continues to show no remorse for, or acknowledgement of, the harm that he has caused. Sophie has been told by her victim liaison officer that he is likely to be deported, will be banned permanently from the UK, and will receive a lifetime restraining order prohibiting him from ever contacting Sophie again. Whether abroad or in the UK, though, he has consistently stalked Sophie, including by sending her letters when he was in a detention centre, because the Home Office failed to transfer information relating to his restraining order. Sophie does not think that she will ever be safe; nor does she feel that the indefinite ban is much of a deterrent. Once he is in Brazil, no one will have sight of him or manage the risk that he poses. She knows that he will try to travel back to her, because he always does.