The purpose of the police is to protect and serve but what happens when a failure on their behalf leads to the death of a young woman? Well in Gateshead, Newcastle, in 2016, this is exactly what happened.
There were missed opportunities and procedural failings by police and the army when 24-year-old Alice Ruggles contacted them for help and for protection while being the victim of a stalking campaign. The inactivity of those entrusted to care for the community led to the brutal and preventable murder of a young woman.
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Sources:
The Daily Mirror, 13 October, 2016 – “Murder Probe After Kind, Clever and Beautiful Young Woman is Found Dead at Her Home”
The Northern Echo, 13 October, 2016 – “Police Identify Woman Found Dead at Her Home as Alice Ruggles”
The Daily Mirror, 14 October, 2016 – “Soldier Charged with Murder after Young Woman found Dead at her Home”
Evening Chronicle, 14 October, 2016 – “Gateshead Murder Inquiry”
Leicester Mercury, 7 November, 2016 – “Hundreds Attend Service of Thanksgiving for Alice”
The Daily Mirror, 10 April, 2017 – “Graduate Bled to Death on Bathroom Floor”
The Sunday Telegraph, 10 April, 2017 – “Soldier Slit Ex-Girlfriend’s Throat from Ear to Ear”
Evening Chronicle, 10 April, 2017 – “Alice Ruggles Murder”
The Guardian, 10 April, 2017 – “Graduate Was Murdered by Soldier After Ending Their Relationship”
The Sunday Herald, 10 April, 2017 – “Soldier Used Technical Expertise to Stalk Former Girlfriend”
The Daily Mirror, 11 April, 2017 – “Murder Victim Alice Ruggles Palmed Off By Police”
The Daily Mirror, 11 April, 2017 – “Everything Was Covered in Blood”
The Daily Record, 11 April, 2017 – “Obsessive Scottish Soldier Slit Ex-Lover’s Throat”
Edinburgh Evening News, 12 April, 2017 – “Soldier Had Ex-Girlfriend Fearing for Her Life”
The Sunday Mail, 13 April, 2017 – “Alice’s Deadly Knife Prophecy”
Evening Chronicle, 13 April, 2017 – “Alice Ruggles Murder Accused Defence is Broadly Inconsistent”
The Daily Record, 14 April, 2017 – “My Ex Stabbed Herself During Desperate Struggle”
Evening Chronicle, 18 April, 2017 – “Alice Ruggles Murder Accused Obsessively Messaged his Alleged Victim Before Her Death”
The Daily Record, 19 April, 2017 – “Soldier Asked Girl for a Date then Cut Ex’s Throat”
The Daily Record, 19 April, 2017 – “Murder Rap Scottish Soldier Was Given Restraining Order After Spitting on Ex-Lover’s Face in the Street”
Evening Chronicle, 20 April, 2017 – “I Never Meant to Upset Alice”
Evening Chronicle, 20 April, 2017 – “Alice Ruggles Murder Trial”
The Daily Record, 21 April, 2017 – “Victim Fell on Knife in Struggle”
The Daily Record, 21 April, 2017 – “Murder Rap Scot Admits Obsessing over Ex-Girlfriend”
Evening Chronicle, 21 April, 2017 – “Accused Denies Being Utterly Obsessed and Killing Her in a Jealous Temper”
The Daily Mirror, 24 April, 2017 – “Soldier Accused of Murdering Ex-Girlfriend Says I Did Not Kill Her”
Leicester Mercury, 25 April, 2017 – “It was Murder in Jealous Rage, no Tragic Accident”
The Daily Mirror, 26 April, 2017 – “Obsessive Soldier is Guilty of Murdering Ex-Girlfriend Whose Throat he Slashed”
The Daily Record, 26 April, 2017 – “Scot Soldier Jailed for Life”
The Daily Telegraph, 28 April, 2017 – “The Police Should be Blamed for this Killing”
BBC News, 19 March, 2019 – “Police and Army Failed Stalking Victim”
The Telegraph, 19 March, 2019 – “Revenge Porn Threats Should be Made Illegal”
Evening Chronicle, 9 October, 2019 – “I’m Doing this Because it’s the Right thing to do”
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