Grieving mum’s
‘RUNNING WILL HELP ME TO FEEL CLOSE TO ALICE AND HER FRIENDS’
THE mum of murdered Alice Ruggles will take on the Great North Run to raise money for an antidomestic abuse charity in memory of her daughter.
Bereaved mum Sue Hills said tackling the run in the city Alice loved will also help her to feel closer to her.
“Beautiful, kind” Alice was just 24 when she was murdered by her exboyfriend Trimaan Dhillon, who had harassed and stalked the Northumbria University graduate after she ended their relationship.
A jury heard how Dhillon, known as Harry, climbed through a window of her flat on Rawling Road in Bensham, Gateshead, and cut her throat in “one final act of dominance and control”, last October.
He will serve at least 22 years of his life sentence following a trial at Newcastle Crown Court this week.
Writing on a fundraising page which has raised over £5,000 for Women’s Aid already, Mrs Hills, from Leicestershire, said: “Alice was beautiful, kind, generous, clever and always making people laugh. Trimaan “Harry” Dhillon
“She loved her family, her friends, her job and her life. She had everything to live for and we will never recover from losing her.”
Speaking outside Newcastle Crown Court after Dhillon was jailed for life, Mrs Hills slammed the “cruel, manipulative bully” who took her daughter’s life, and vowed to work with charities, including Women’s Aid, to do whatever she could to prevent happened to Alice happening to others.
She added on the fundraising page: “Running the Great North Run 2017 will help me feel close to Alice and her friends, but more importantly help keep women and children safe.
“Their mission statement is inspirational. The more people that know about Women’s Aid, the greater their impact, so please also spread the word.”
The charity works to provide lifesaving services to survivors of domestic abuse, and to help women and children currently living in abusive relationships. It also campaigns to raise awareness of abusive relationships and to change policy, in the hopes of achieving “a future where domestic abuse is no longer tolerated”.
To donate to Women’s Aid in Alice’s memory, visit https:// womensaidgreatnorthrun2017. everydayhero.com/uk/ remembering-alice