ALICE’S DEADLY KNIFE PROPHECY
She feared ‘obsessed’ Scots soldier would stab her
TERRIFIED Alice Ruggles predicted that her ex would kill her, a murder trial has heard.
She had warned police about Trimaan “Harry” Dhillon but she told her sister: “They will respond once he has f ****** stabbed me.” Dhillon, 26,
is on trial accused of murdering Alice because she had ended their relationship and found a new boyfriend.
Yesterday, the jury heard that Alice told police on October 2 last year that Dhillon was stalking her to the point she had become terrified of him.
He had hacked her social media and that of the new man in her life, British Army officer Mike James.
Dhillon then drove down from his barracks in Edinburgh to her flat in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, to tap on her windows and leave flowers and chocolates.
Newcastle Crown Court heard that Alice told police: “He sounded crazy in the messages, completely obsessed with me.
“I feel harrassed, alarmed and distressed by him. I want him to leave me alone, I want nothing more to do with him. I am terrified of his actions, I am being stalked and I want it to stop.
“I am now tense and feeling uneasy all the time. It’s affected my work, concentration and I no longer feel safe in my own home.”
The court also heard that Alice had told her sister police would only respond once her ex-boyfriend had stabbed her.
She had been happy after police warned off Dhillon for harrassing her – but she was not impressed with their response to a new complaint after he contacted her again.
Sister Emma, an Army officer, told the court she advised Alice to call the police after Dhillon’s second contact – but she already had. Emma said Sky employee Alice told her: “They will f ****** respond once he has f ****** stabbed me.”
The court has heard that on October 12, Dhillon broke into Alice’s shared flat and slashed her throat six times. She died from blood loss in minutes.
Close pal Genevieve Crozier said during their relationship, Dhillon would undermine Alice’s confidence by criticising her appearance and taunting her about other women.
She told the court: “Alice had found out he was contacting other girls through Tinder. she was upset and despondent.
“She said he had a problem with the way she lived her life. He didn’t like her drinking, putting on make-up or nice clothes – he assumed she was always trying to impress someone else.
“He made comments about the size of her nose and the hair on her forearms. He made her self-conscious and not the person she was.”
Genevieve said Dhillon upset Alice on her birthday while he was serving with 2 Scots in Afghanistan by telling her that Victoria’s Secrets models were visiting their base that day.
On another occasion, he pulled a long blonde hair from his uniform, making sure she had seen it so as to upset her.
The court heard Dhillon’s cheating eventually led to Alice ending the relationship – a decision he could not accept.
Alice’s mother, teacher Susan Hills, said he contacted her on Facebook to pour out his feelings, claiming slightly-built 5ft 2in Alice had attacked him in the past – even though he was a muscular, 6ft SAS wannabe.
Susan said: “I thought he was immature and his rambling message was inappropriate. He seemed to think that, as her mother, I could influence the way Alice thought about him.”
His Facebook message began “Hello mum” which Susan said she found “bizarre and creepy”.
In one message, Dhillon wrote: “I beg you to help me, take me as your son and maybe you can feel my pain and loathing.”
Business psychologist Serena Murphy, a university friend of Dhillon’s, told the court he asked to see her days before he allegedly killed Alice and was obsessed with whether the new man in her life was better looking than him.
The jury heard they walked in a park and he showed her a picture of Mike James.
Serena said: “He was repeating, ‘Be honest, tell me if he is better than me. I do not want her to be with someone better than me.’
“I explained that was not what mattered and just to move on but he was just obsessing.”
Dhillon, of Glencorse Barracks, near Edinburgh. denies murder, claiming Alice accidentally slashed her own throat during a scuffle with him in her bathroom. The trial continues.
I am terrified of his actions. I am being stalked and I want it to stop ALICE RUGGLES