TV Isla: My life has changed forever after stalking hell

Star's hair fell out & she had to repeatedly move after neighbour watched her, came into her home with food & took chainsaw to fence |  Ex-news presenter feels unsafe after her stalker was only given community service and she calls for register to monitor weirdos

A TELEVISION presenter who was terrorised by her neighbour has called for the introduction of a "stalking register" to deter others from obsessive behaviour.

Former ITV and Channel 5 News presenter Isla Traquair said the stress of her ordeal led to her hair falling out.

The 43-year-old now considers the world an "unsafe" place and disguises herself when she goes out to avoid a repeat of her ordeal.

And she can't believe that while her world was "forever changed" by what happened, her tormentor is free to move on with his life after he received community service as his punishment.

Isla, from Aberdeen, said: "I'm forever changed.

"What I am trying to do, through my work, is raise awareness of how serious it is. I want to change laws, I want to have there's been people campaigning for a long time actually - a register for stalkers. That would deter them, in the same way there's [one] for sex offenders. If they knew they'd end up in a register, they would think twice about it because it then does actually impact their life."