A woman who yesterday obtained an injunction to stop her ex-boyfriend from stalking her has claimed Police need to do more to protect victims of harassment.

Wanda Pedro, 39, went to court to get a protection order after claiming that the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had threatened to "slash her throat", damaged the inside of her car, and constantly called her home.

But she claimed Police did not taken her cries for help seriously and that she believed they had not yet even interviewed the man.

She said it was only when she went to the Women's Resource Centre that she got the help she needed.

It took a week to organise, but Ms Pedro finally went to court yesterday and was given the protection order she sought.

"I am going the court route to get a protection order and power of arrest, but I'm upset with the Police because they have not even had him in for questioning yet and they don't seem like they have any intention of doing it," said the distraught corporate secretary.

"They need more people in the Police to ensure that things get done a lot quicker with cases like this.

"I have been told that I need to speak to the woman Police officer I spoke to last time, but she is not in again until midnight on Tuesday (last night). I will be in bed by then."

The woman said she had a two-month relationship with her harasser, but broke it off after he lashed out at her during an argument.

She said she has since found out he had previously attended an anger management course.

Ms Pedro, from Pembroke, said she continued to take his calls and spoke to him by telephone once they had broken up, thinking they could be friends, but it soon became apparent that he wanted more.

She said she had been told by neighbours and friends that he had been regularly driving past her home, and he even turned up outside her work last week.

She claimed that as she tried to drive away, he slashed her car seats. On that occasion, a colleague of hers called 911.

"Then he threatened my life on the phone last Tuesday," she added.

"I have the call recorded. He said he would come and slash my throat because I wouldn't be his friend. I'm doing everything I can to get away from it, but the Police have not helped me."

Executive director of the Women's Resource Centre Penny Dill said the charity had long been calling for the Police to set up a specific unit to deal with complaints like Ms Pedro's.

She said it was important for the Police to have training for complaints like this, as well as a number of different officers who could deal with reports.

"The Women's Resource Centre believes that the Police needs a specialised trained unit to deal solely with cases like this involving stalking and domestic abuse," said Ms Dill.

"Sometimes a responding officer doesn't always have the knowledge to deal with the situation properly, and having a special unit would enable better continuity with people's cases."

A Police spokesman said it was the Police who had advised Ms Pedro to go to the Women's Resource Centre and to go the route of a protection order.

He said: "Ms Pedro has been given advice by the Juvenile and Domestic Crime Unit and she applied for a protection order on Tuesday morning.

"We are assisting her with that and also ensuring that the order is served on her ex-boyfriend."