Man jailed for causing death of Indian-origin woman in UK

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Press Trust of India London
Last Updated : Apr 26 2014 | 7:54 PM IST
A man has been jailed for two years for causing the death of an Indian-origin woman in Britain after she finished her relationship with him.
Stalker Ryan Dey was arrested in November last year, a month after the death of 29-year-old Kamaljit Sidhu in Birmingham.
Dey was accused of harassing and stalking his former girlfriend for several months before she leaped from a bridge to her death.
Birmingham Crown Court was told how lorry driver Dey had been seeing Sidhu 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 trying to find her.
Sidhu lived in "fear and torment" of her ex-boyfriend as she was subjected to a "sustained campaign of harassment".
She even made comments on social media stating she was scared of her former boyfriend before killing herself on October 25.
On the night she died, she 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 | 7:54 PM IST

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