Catching my daughter's killer
There were hundreds of messages, voice messages, he was bombarding her on the phone. He was controlling, he was obsessive, absolutely obsessive.
Tomorrow marks a year since 24-year-old Alice Ruggles was killed by her obsessive ex-boyfriend and this morning we were joined by her father to talk about why stalking needs to be taken more seriously.
Professor Clive Ruggles told us he hopes his daughter's case will make people realise how dangerous the realities of ignoring danger signs can be and told Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid: "I think procedures let her down."
"The first thing that let her down was her being unaware of just how much danger she was in in the earlier stages and by the time she really did ring the police, she'd been - there were hundreds of messages, voice messages, he was bombarding her on the phone. He was controlling, he was obsessive, absolutely obsessive.''
Northumbria police force will be probed over its handling of the allegations made by Alice, including that her former partner Trimaan Dhillon visited her ground floor flat in the middle of the night and left gifts on her windowsill.
The story of the investigation into Alice's death by the police is also being told in an ITV documentary tomorrow, hosted by Sir Trevor McDonald called An Hour to Catch A Killer.
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