A soldier who murdered his ex-girlfriend after stalking her, breaking into her flat and cutting her neck open from ear to ear has been jailed for life.
Lance Corporal Trimaan "Harry" Dhillon, 26, left Alice Ruggles to bleed to death on her bathroom floor in Gateshead last October.
The mother of Alice Ruggles, Sue Hills, paid tribute to her daughter outside Newcastle Crown Court after her killer was jailed for life:
Alice Ruggles' family have called on more police training on dealing with stalkers after her murderer and ex-boyfriend was jailed for life.
A signalman from 2 Scots has been found guilty for murdering his ex-girlfriend, Alice Ruggles, in her Gateshead home last October.