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| Shana Grice murder: Stalker ex-boyfriend jailed for life | Shana Grice murder: Stalker ex-boyfriend jailed for life |
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| A stalker who murdered his former girlfriend after she rejected him has been jailed for life. | A stalker who murdered his former girlfriend after she rejected him has been jailed for life. |
| Shana Grice, 19, was found with her throat cut in the smoke-filled bedroom of her Brighton flat in August 2016. | Shana Grice, 19, was found with her throat cut in the smoke-filled bedroom of her Brighton flat in August 2016. |
| Michael Lane, 27, had placed a tracker device on her car during a campaign of harassment, his trial heard. | Michael Lane, 27, had placed a tracker device on her car during a campaign of harassment, his trial heard. |
| Sentencing Lane at Lewes Crown Court, Mr Justice Green said he would serve a minimum of 25 years. | Sentencing Lane at Lewes Crown Court, Mr Justice Green said he would serve a minimum of 25 years. |
| The court was told Miss Grice had contacted police several times about Lane's unwanted attention. | |
| During sentencing, Mr Justice Green criticised Sussex Police. He said: "You jumped to conclusions - treated her as wrongdoer, Michael Lane as the victim." | |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has begun an investigation. | |
| Miss Grice's mother, Sharon, said Lane had been harassing, stalking and pressuring her daughter for more than a year. | Miss Grice's mother, Sharon, said Lane had been harassing, stalking and pressuring her daughter for more than a year. |
| In a statement read to the court after Lane was convicted on Wednesday, she said: "We firmly believe her murder could have been avoided if her fears had been taken seriously by police." | In a statement read to the court after Lane was convicted on Wednesday, she said: "We firmly believe her murder could have been avoided if her fears had been taken seriously by police." |
| Deputy Chief Constable of Sussex Police, Bernie O'Reilly, said the force had apologised to the Grice family. | Deputy Chief Constable of Sussex Police, Bernie O'Reilly, said the force had apologised to the Grice family. |
| "When we looked at the circumstances leading to Shana's murder, we felt we may not have done the very best we could," he said. | "When we looked at the circumstances leading to Shana's murder, we felt we may not have done the very best we could," he said. |