Obsessed stalker murdered former girlfriend when she refused to rekindle affair
Obsessed stalker Michael Lane, has been found guilty of murdering his former girlfriend after she refused to rekindle their romance.
Obsessed stalker slashed former girlfriend's throat when she left him for her teenage sweetheart
Teenager Shana Grice was murdered at the hands of an obsessed stalker -her jilted ex-boyfriend Michael Lane.
She was found with her throat slashed in her smoke-logged bedroom at the bungalow she shared with two housemates in Brighton, East Sussex
Lane, 27, was found guilty at Lewes Crown Court of murdering Miss Grice in the bedroom of the bungalow she shared with two housemates in Brighton last August 25.
He waited until she was home alone before murdering her last August 25 after she decided to rekindle a relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Ashley Cooke.
Her devastated mother Sharon has spoken out saying her daughter's murdered could have been prevented if police had listened to her fears.
Sharon Grice criticised police for not taking her 19-year-old daughter Shana Grice seriously before she was killed.
Mrs Grice said the family "instantly" knew Lane was responsible as he had been "harassing and stalking" her for the past year.
Officers received at least four complaints about mechanic Lane's behaviour towards Miss Grice in the months before he fatally slashed her throat.
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