Life sentence for stalker who knifed ex-lover at bus stop
Vikramgit Singh jailed for life for murder of former lover Gemma Dorman at south London bus stop seven months after she left him
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Tuesday, 16, Mar 2010 04:48
By Matthew Champion.
A 27-year-old man has been jailed for life for the murder of his ex-girlfriend at a south London bus stop seven months after she ended their relationship.
Vikramgit Singh, unemployed of Ruskin Road, Southhall, was told at the Old Bailey he would spend the next 20 years behind bars for the murder of Gemma Dorman, 24.
He stabbed her multiple times with a 7in kitchen knife after confronting her as she left a restaurant, where she was eating with her fiancé, to get cash at Lavender Hill on July 31st 2008.
Dorman had told police in May that Singh was stalking her and texting her hundreds of times a day after refusing to accept their relationship was over.
The following month her mother also complained, with Singh failing to turn up at a police station in June to receive a warning for harassment.
But on July 8th Ms Dorman's mother told police that Singh, who claimed in court he spent £260,000 on gifts for his ex-girlfriend, was no longer contacting her daughter.
Police said on the day of the murder Ms Dorman had received a letter from Singh saying he knew about her new partner and that he wished her well. On August 1st a second letter from Singh arrived in which he said he still loved her.
"Vikramjit Singh became obsessed with Gemma to a point where he could not accept that she had moved on with her life," Detective Inspector Mick Norman from the Metropolitan police said.
"He barraged her with texts, phone calls, letters and gifts all the while knowing that she simply wanted him to leave her alone. He couldn't and he didn't and the end result was the absolute tragedy that saw Gemma lose her life. Her family and friends have to live with that loss every single day knowing that nothing can bring her back. I sincerely hope that today's conviction will bring some small comfort to them by seeing justice brought upon the man who has caused so much heartbreak."
Singh had claimed in court that he could not remember stabbing Ms Dorman.
He claimed provocation, diminished responsibility and lack of intent in his defence, saying Ms Dorman taunted him before the murder.
But jurors rejected his defence, returning a guilty verdict by a majority of 11-1.