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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, Mr Justice Green said he would serve a minimum of 25 years. The judge also criticised police over their contact with Miss Grice. | |
| Lewes Crown Court was told Miss Grice had contacted police several times about Lane's unwanted attention. | |
| The jury heard that after making one complaint to Sussex Police about Lane, Miss Grice was issued with a fixed penalty notice for wasting police time because she did not disclose she had been in a relationship with him. | |
| 'Shana was stereotyped' | 'Shana was stereotyped' |
| Mr Justice Green, criticising Sussex Police, said: "You jumped to conclusions. | Mr Justice Green, criticising Sussex Police, said: "You jumped to conclusions. |
| "In other words, she was treated as the wrongdoer and having committed a criminal offence, and Michael Lane was treated as the victim. | "In other words, she was treated as the wrongdoer and having committed a criminal offence, and Michael Lane was treated as the victim. |
| "There was seemingly no appreciation on the part of those investigating that a young woman in a sexual relationship with a man could at one and the same time be vulnerable and at risk of serious harm," he said. | "There was seemingly no appreciation on the part of those investigating that a young woman in a sexual relationship with a man could at one and the same time be vulnerable and at risk of serious harm," he said. |
| "The police jumped to conclusions and Shana was stereotyped." | "The police jumped to conclusions and Shana was stereotyped." |
| He that said after penalising Miss Grice for time-wasting, police then treated all further complaints by her with "scepticism". | He that said after penalising Miss Grice for time-wasting, police then treated all further complaints by her with "scepticism". |
| The judge said another consequence was that Lane felt police would not act if he continued his "obsessive stalking". | The judge said another consequence was that Lane felt police would not act if he continued his "obsessive stalking". |
| Miss Grice's mother, Sharon Grice, said Lane had been harassing, stalking and pressuring her daughter for more than a year. | Miss Grice's mother, Sharon Grice, said Lane had been harassing, stalking and pressuring her daughter for more than a year. |
| In a statement following Lane's sentencing, she and Miss Grice's father Richard Green said their daughter would have still been alive if Sussex Police had acted on her complaints. | In a statement following Lane's sentencing, she and Miss Grice's father Richard Green said their daughter would have still been alive if Sussex Police had acted on her complaints. |
| They said: "Shana had complained to the Sussex Police about his stalking her over five times but this was treated as being of low risk and she was given a fine for wasting police time." | They said: "Shana had complained to the Sussex Police about his stalking her over five times but this was treated as being of low risk and she was given a fine for wasting police time." |
| They described Lane as a "dangerous and obsessive man" who had shown "arrogance and cowardice" by pleading not guilty and blaming others for his actions. | They described Lane as a "dangerous and obsessive man" who had shown "arrogance and cowardice" by pleading not guilty and blaming others for his actions. |
| "He compounded this by relying on the wholly inadequate police assessment of risk to Shana to suggest he was no danger to her. | "He compounded this by relying on the wholly inadequate police assessment of risk to Shana to suggest he was no danger to her. |
| "We firmly believe Shana would be alive today if Sussex Police had acted to protect Shana on the many occasions she complained about Lane, rather than issue her with a fine for wasting police time." | "We firmly believe Shana would be alive today if Sussex Police had acted to protect Shana on the many occasions she complained about Lane, rather than issue her with a fine for wasting police time." |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has begun an investigation. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has begun an investigation. |