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.
DCI Lisa Theaker from Northumbria Police says Trimaan Dhillon not only killed Alice Ruggles in the "most horrific way", he put her family through a distressing trial:
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.