Her . As per Alice Ruggles Trust, he was critical of her appearance and life and even took control of her Facebook account. Read More: Raul Ortiz Murder: Where is Erin Robinson Now? She was then asked if she wanted Dhillion arrested, which the BBC states is "a question the IOPC [Independent Office for Police Conduct] said victims should not be asked, as guidance states the decision to arrest lies with an officer." Can Nigeria's election result be overturned? We are no longer accepting comments on this article. A mother is still fighting for more action to be taking on stalking five years after her daughter was murdered by her obsessive, stalker-ex. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Miss Ruggles contacts police. Dhillon initially denied murdering Ruggles, instead insisting that she "attacked him with a knife, accidentally stabbing herself in the process" according to Sky News. Tributes paid to 'formidable' Scots community stalwart who lost battle with cancer. Situated near Persley Bridge in the Granite City, the now abandoned site is near the centre of a busy commuter route in Europe's oil capital. A review last year found Northumbria Police and the British Army had failed to recognise and act upon the former soldier's jealous and obsessive behaviour. A month before Alices death, things started to improve after a trip to Germany to visit her sister Emma, 29, an Army officer. Ive failed Alice as a mother. September 2016 - Dhillon harasses his ex and hacks into her Facebook account so he can monitor what she is doing. Judge Sloan told him: You were harassing her, you were stalking her, you were destroying her.. Antonio Colak set Rangers challenge as Beale wants 'best player' from Kilmarnock win to push Morelos all the way. The anonymous man was flying to a work conference with his boss with an airline he uses a lot and was offered a first class seat. While Alice was current in her Rawling Road, Gateshead, with a slashed throat, her mom and father immediately suspected her ex-boyfriend, Trimaan Dhillon, of worrying throughout the murder. Something went wrong, please try again later. "The case went to the first stage of appeal but it was refused at this stage," a spokeswoman from the Court of Appeal told Sky News. They got together in September 2012 he had proposed by the end of the year. VideoRussian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims, The children left behind in Cuba's mass exodus, Xi Jinping's power grab - and why it matters, Snow, Fire and Lights: Photos of the Week. October 3 - Dhillon's commanding officer tells him to leave her alone and the soldier agrees, but later that day he posts a parcel to her, containing a letter and photographs of them together. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Dhillon claimed she died as a result of an accident when she leapt at him with a carving knife. Alices family are now campaigning for a change to police procedures. "If someone on that sort of sentence is transferred abroad you lose all those reassurances and you could find yourself in a situation where you don't know if they have been released and all the stress that causes," he said. Having graduated from Northumbria University with a degree in product design, Alice, a talented singer and fencer, was an office co-ordinator with Sky in Newcastle. Published: 00:50 GMT, 29 April 2017 | Updated: 00:50 GMT, 29 April 2017. A scuffed copy of the Koran. But when told it was over, he embarked on a campaign of emotional blackmail which included him talking about suicide and sending her pictures and voicemails of himself crying. While Alice was current in her Rawling Road, Gateshead, with a slashed throat, her mom and father immediately suspected her ex-boyfriend, Trimaan Dhillon, of worrying throughout the murder. Martin Boyle reveals sick Hibs injury trolls after World Cup heartbreak but vows to use online gremlins as motivation. Her mother Sue Hills said: "I just wish we had identified those signs of stalking which, with hindsight, are so obvious. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. A soldier has been jailed for life for breaking into his ex-girlfriend's flat and cutting her throat from ear to ear. 20.01.2017. A 100-year-old restaurant belonging to a chef's family is bombed. Lance Corporal Trimaan 'Harry' Dhillon, 26, sliced Alice . Indeed, when police searched his computer, they found a folder of such images entitled Tramp. As Richard Wright QC, prosecuting, explained: This was a dangerous obsession borne out of his inability to let go of something he viewed as being his. He went on to claim that Alice lunged at him with a carving knife after an argument. SAS hopeful Lance Corporal Trimaan 'Harry' Dhillon murdered 24-year-old Alice Ruggles by slashing her throat and leaving her to die on her bathroom floor. My daughter totally changed after she met him. THIS is the chilling moment a stalker squaddie exposed his guilt four times after slitting his ex-girlfriend's throat in a brutal murder. Dhillion also hacked into Ruggle's Facebook, 120 miles from his barracks near Edinburgh, the Ruggles family have made it their mission. He also tried to blackmail her, vowing to release intimate photos of her. First aired in July 2018, Channel 5's Murdered By My Stalker tells the heartbreaking story of 24-year-old Alice Ruggles, who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in Oct. 2016 after months of being stalked and harassed by him. What's the least amount of exercise we can get away with? 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What's the least amount of exercise we can get away with? In 2020, Alices parents expressed concern about whether Trimaans minimum sentence term of 22 years will be considered his full sentence. "Precisely what happened once you were in the flat only you now know, but you have never had the decency to say," Judge Paul Sloan said during the trial (via Leicestershire Live). Lanterns lit in memory of tragic Scots girl, 5, seen from plane by family flying home. A short clip from the 999 call made by Alice Ruggles' housemate. Miss Ruggles is trying on a ball gown and messaging her potential new boyfriend when all contact stops at around 6pm. Murdered By My Stalker airs tonight (May 28) on Channel 5 at 10 p.m. Sophie Turners Joan Charts The Rise Of A Famous British Jewel Thief, The Subject Of This Netflix True Crime Doc Is Now Guilty Of Murdering His Wife & Son, 'Horizon Forbidden Wests DLC' Takes Place In A Ravaged Los Angeles, Stephen Fry Is Set To Host 'Jeopardy!s UK Comeback. 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All of us feel we should have paid more attention to aspects of his personality that perhaps should have forewarned us.. We were looking for some sign he understood the enormity of what he had done but there was just nothing at all, says Sue. Sentencing Dhillon to life with a minimum of 22 years, Judge Paul Sloan said the murder was an act of "utter barbarism". But their relationship continued, with Dhillon even joining Alice for a family holiday to Cornwall. Ive been living through an endless nightmare, Sue Ruggles said. The story of the killer who attacked his ex-girlfriend in a jealous frenzy and committed a brutal murder after a campaign of harassment. For now, there is little to help fill the chasm left by the death of their amazing, happy, smiley Alice, but they have vowed to fight and raise awareness for victims of stalking. He told the jury they had been struggling, that he had tried to disarm her and she cut herself when he blocked a lunge, and the knife stuck in her neck when she fell to the floor. Dr Hills said if Dhillon goes back to India, "Alice will be being let down again". They are hopeful that their and Judge Sloans remarks will be taken into account before considering Trimaans release if it happens. He asks if they can hook up, presumably for no-strings sex, casually adding that he will be free in around 20 to 30 minutes. CCTV captures Trimaan Dhillon in the hours after he murdered Alice Ruggles. Guardian's Allowance weekly payments are also rising in April. LONDON: An Indian-origin British soldier was on Wednesday sentenced to jail for killing his ex-girlfriend in north-east England last year. Kate Garraway's husband Derek's final words as he thought he was about to die. During his 11-day trial at Newcastle Crown Court, he said he had dreamed of joining a regiment like his father but, to broaden his options, had opted for a degree in India in strategy management, which included two years at Queen Margarets University near Edinburgh. Part two of two. It was in the autumn of 2015 that Dhillon saw a picture of Alice on Facebook, they made contact through a mutual friend and the fatal attraction began. Revealed: The top 10 fastest-growing destinations for UK pensioners retiring overseas. But behind the respectable military faade, obsessive Dhillon lacked discipline when it came to women and that would be his downfall. He left Alice a shadow of her former self and began stalking and harassing her. Sentencing him to a minimum of 22 years, judge Paul Sloan QC said the murder was an act of "utter barbarism". We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. "If he goes back to his home country, then that would mean that we wouldn't know where he is, we wouldn't be given information every year like we are now, we would just be constantly worried that he'd been released without our knowledge.". When she blocked him, he even contacted Alices friends and her mother - who he tried to turn against her daughter. She was greeted by the horrific sight of her 24-year-old friend lying on the bathroom floor with her neck slashed. At the time, Trimaan was serving in a non-combat role in Afghanistan. Alice Ruggles, 24, reported Trimaan "Harry" Dhillon to . Northumbria Police said at the time no-one knew the level of threat Dhillon posed, but added it had referred their actions to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). A short clip from the 999 call made by Alice Ruggles' housemate. He was charged with common assault but it was dropped after he accepted the restraining order. Man lured to death by 'honeytrap' pair who robbed him of fake Rolex after Instagram plot. Her father said: We all share a sense of guilt. Dhillon tried to excuse abandoning the murder scene by saying seeing Alice covered in blood gave him a flashback to a helicopter crash in which five colleagues died, including one who had his throat cut by his visor. Grabbing a 6in knife from the kitchen, he chased her into the bathroom, pinned her down and slashed at her neck with such ferocity that he cut through to her spine. We went through a risk assessment. The 6ft 1, powerfully built 26-year-old, a signaller with 2 Scots, based in Edinburgh, had ambitions to join the reconnaissance arm of the SAS and had completed courses to that end. Then, two days before he killed Alice, he did the 240 mile round trip again - this time taking a photograph of the back of her flat in what prosecutors suggested may have been a reconnaissance mission for what was to come when he broke in and murdered Alice on October 12. Trimaan Dhillon claimed Alice Ruggles' death was an accident, Alice Ruggles grew up in Leicestershire but stayed in the Newcastle area after studying at Northumbria University, Alice Ruggles was working in Newcastle at the time of her murder, Alice Ruggles' mother, Sue Hills, said none of her friends or family "will ever be the same again". Police at the scene on Rawling Road in Bensham. They exchange messages about his arrival the next day. He had form for reacting badly to being dumped long before he even met Alice Ruggles. She says Dhillon has taken the relationship ending badly and has hacked into her Facebook account. The 26-year-old killer threw away a promising army career by murdering Alice Ruggles in a jealous rage at her flat in Gateshead a year ago. Cuts, which appeared to be defense wounds, were noticed in her hands as well. eBay Japan , . He started a degree in India then was given the option to do the final two years at Queen Margaret University, near Edinburgh and moved to the UK in 2010. That led her to complain to the police and gain an official PIN warning, telling him to leave her alone, which he ignored. Dhillon claimed she died as a result of an accident when she leapt at him with a carving knife. By last summer Alice suspected he was cheating on her and the relationship began to flounder. Hed threatened to blackmail her with intimate photos and made 240-mile round trips from his barracks in Edinburgh to her house at night to knock on her window, leaving flowers and chocolates outside. He repeatedly rang Alices doorbell and knocked on her window. He was told to stay away from her by police, but the Indian-born soldier ignored the warning. After the verdict Miss Ruggles' family released a statement through the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which helps people avoid becoming victims of violence, in which they said her loss would stay with them for the rest of their lives. Outside her house, a man sits in a white BMW and contacts a woman he has never met via a dating app. Alices murder and her friend Maxine McGills frantic 999 call upon finding the formers dead body shook not only the northern England town of Gateshead but also the entire country. NHS nurse gives up dream job offer after being diagnosed with late-stage cancer. Saul Murray, 33, died during a robbery-gone-wrong after he met two women at his flat who gave him the sedative GHB after engaging in sexual activity with him. But behind the respectable military faade, Dhillon lacked discipline when it came to women and that would be his downfall. Alice eventually contacted the police to report Trimaans actions, and the authorities asked him to stay away from her. Not so long ago the former kids television presenter was forced to deny he was Banksy. The 24-year-old was killed by Trimaan Dhillon, a soldier who had bombarded her with messages, hacked her social media accounts and delivered numerous unwanted gifts since their separation. A soldier slit his ex-girlfriend's throat from "ear to ear" just days after she had told police she did not want him arrested for harassment, a court heard. Lance Corporal Trimaan "Harry" Dhillon left . Alice and Trimaan got acquainted with each other after a mutual friend introduced the latter to the former. Follow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. In fact he had not seen the casualties and only visited the site of the accident to guard it two days later, the court heard. Read about our approach to external linking. Dhillon attended Catholic schools and military academies. At 6.30pm her body is found by flatmate Maxine . Kathy Friend, from Glasgow, was involved in a number of nature-related ventures, and formerly worked as a camerawoman. 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Trimaan proceeded to grab a long and sharp carving knife and slashed her throat at least six times, cutting through her throat to her spine. By last summer Alice suspected he was cheating on her and the relationship began to flounder. The best beach in Britain that you've never heard of: Seaside town is braced for tourism boom after Kate Garraway reveals Derek's heartbreaking words when they thought he had just minutes left to live. Outside court, Dr Hills read a statement on behalf of the family. Because, as the Mail can reveal, Trimaan Dhillon, known as Harry, was born in India to wealthy parents. Postecoglou is already working to improve his squad in the summer as he gets set for a huge double-header with Hearts. It is here that his controlling behaviour towards women began to emerge. She suffered 24 injuries, including defensive wounds, while 6ft 1in Dhillon suffered none. He was enraged when Alice dumped him and took increasing steps to terrify her in the months leading up to her death. The Northumbria police arrested Trimaan, only for him to protest his innocence and say that he hadnt gone to Alices flat. We miss her so much. Thus, upon launching their investigation, the police focused all their attention towards Alices ex-boyfriend Trimaan Harry Dhillon. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. SLAMS father for keeping ex Meri stuck in a 'loveless' marriage after watching Sister Wives I am terrified of his actions. She reported that she found Alice covered in blood., After the initial inspection, pathologist Dr. Jennifer Bolton found that Alices carotid artery, windpipe, and voice box cut through to her spine. Family of Scot left disabled after breaking back in car crash raising funds for trial. The story of Trimaan Harry Dhillon, who attacked his ex-girlfriend in a jealous frenzy and committed a brutal murder after a campaign of harassment. I dont feel safe in my own home. The police gave Dhillon a notice warning him to leave her alone. In fact he had not seen the casualties and only visited the site of the accident to guard it two days later, the court heard. She names Dhillon as a suspect in a distressing 999 call. Trimaan Dhillon, who is also known as Harry . Unfortunately he was a cruel manipulative bully who made Alice miserable and took her away from us. Test yourself with this Cockney Rhyming Slang quiz. He takes two photos of her bathroom. "Unfortunately he was a cruel, manipulative bully who made Alice miserable and took her away from us. In evidence, Ms McGill claimed her friend had complained to police about Dhillon's obsessive behaviour but that she felt she had been "palmed off". Powered by WordPress.com VIP. But despite his controlling, possessive behaviour towards Alice, he was serially unfaithful to her and was regularly in touch with other girls on dating websites including Tinder and Plenty of Fish - even trying to arrange a casual hook up shortly before murdering his ex. Dhillon stared intently ahead as moving victim statements were read on behalf of her father Clive, who is a professor, her mother Dr Sue Hills, sister Emma and brothers Nick and Patrick. Trimaan-Dhillon News: Latest and Breaking News on Trimaan-Dhillon. Matt Hancock made revealing admissions as he spoke about his memoir to a team of top lawyers. 6.00 22/23. The comments below have been moderated in advance. Dhillon tried to excuse abandoning the murder scene by saying seeing Alice covered in blood gave him a flashback to a helicopter crash in which five colleagues died, including one who had his throat cut by his visor. Dhillon, who was described in a court as an obsessive . 2023 BBC. 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