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Indian-origin woman commits suicide in UK

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Press Trust of India London
Last Updated : Apr 26 2014 | 7:08 PM IST
A 29-year-old Indian-origin woman in Britain has committed suicide after living in "fear and torment" of her ex-boyfriend who was stalking her.
Kamaljit Sidhu was subjected to a "sustained campaign of harassment" by Ryan Dey, after she finished with him, Birmingham Crown Court was told.
Dey was accused of harassing and stalking Sidhu for several months. After living in "fear and torment" of her ex-boyfriend, she leaped from a bridge to her death.
Dey has been jailed for two years.
He was arrested in November last year, a month after Sidhu's death.
The court was told how lorry driver Dey had been seeing Kamaljit for around 18 months when she tried to end the relationship last October.
But he refused to accept her decision and made threats towards her, contacted her friends and searched various locations in Birmingham to find her.

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Sidhu even made comments on social media stating she was scared of her ex-boyfriend before killing herself on October 25.
On the night she died, Sidhu tried to call her parents but they had disconnected their phone because Dey had been calling them so much.
The court heard that she left a message on a bottle of moisturiser saying: "I love you all. I just got weak, I'm sorry."
Speaking after the sentencing last week, Sidhu's mother Sarbjit Sidhu, said: "Ryan Dey is evil, he is a bully and a coward and had put my daughter through hell with his control and abuse and will never be forgiven for what he has caused.
"As a mother and a family we want the world to know this can never be allowed to happen again, I do not want anyone else to go through what we have. Our lives have stopped and we can't breathe."
Detective Chief Inspector Kim Madill, of West Midlands Police Pubic Protection Unit, described the case as a difficult, challenging and deeply upsetting to investigate.
"To bring such a case to court, without a victim to give evidence, is both unusual and challenging and so it is pleasing to see that a successful prosecution can bring some sense of justice to the Sidhu family and our thoughts continue to be with them at this difficult time," he said.

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First Published: Apr 26 2014 | 7:08 PM IST

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