Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

Olden years not so golden

Victim predicted tragedy

- BY JEREMY ARMSTRONG

PENSIONERS are feeling more stressed after retiring, a survey revealed.

A third who quit work in the past decade struggle to make ends meet and more than one in 10 says their health has gone downhill.

One in 10 hands grownup children cash and a fifth feel used over childcare, insurer Prudential found.

With over a third missing work, Vince Smith-hughes, of the Pru, says: “Giving up work can be a shock to the system.” STALKERS are set to be put on a register of offenders who are a danger to the public.

Campaigner­s met Government ministers after a series of highprofil­e cases where women were murdered by their controllin­g former partners.

It would put stalkers on the same footing as rapists and paedophile­s.

They would be closely monitored and have to tell police if they start a relationsh­ip or change address.

Hollywood star Keira Knightley, 32, was stalked by obsessive Mark Revill, 50, who sent threatenin­g tweets. Last month he was given a life ban from contacting her.

Laura Richards, founder of stalking advocacy service Paladin, who met Home Office Minister Sarah Newton, believes the register will help save lives. She said: ALICE Ruggles foretold her own death and reported her ex-boyfriend for breaching a harassment order days before he killed her.

Soldier Harry Dhillon, 26, right, came to her bedroom window at midnight then two days later climbed in and cut her throat “from ear to ear”. A court heard Alice, 24, of Gateshead, Tyneside, told her sister Emma: “They will f***ing respond once he has f***ing stabbed me.” In April Dhillon got a 22-year minimum life term. The judge called his act “utter barbarism”.

 ??  ?? TARGET Hollywood star Keira Knightley LIFE BAN Stalker Revill FEAR Alice Ruggles
TARGET Hollywood star Keira Knightley LIFE BAN Stalker Revill FEAR Alice Ruggles
 ??  ?? SHOCK Retiring can be hard
SHOCK Retiring can be hard

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