Ex-boyfriend suspected of killing student had been given stalking order

A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of his ex-girlfriend less than two weeks after he was served with an anti-stalking order banning her from contacting her.

Police confirmed on Friday that Sam G. was the former boyfriend of 24-year-old Laura Korsman, who was found dead on July 12 in her student flat in Utrecht. G. had spent three days in custody earlier this month after she reported him to police for stalking.

Laura was given an emergency alarm to contact police if G. pestered her further, according to reports. Friends and acquaintances said she had been terrified of G. since ending their three-year relationship several weeks earlier.

Neighbours said he had repeatedly tried to contact Laura in recent weeks, spent hours sitting in the snack bar beneath her flat, and once tried to gain entry to her flat by pretending he had forgotten his keys.

The owner of the snack bar said he had noticed bruises on her wrists and saw her wearing sunglasses to conceal a black eye. ‘She had clearly been struck, but she didn’t say much about it. I didn’t ask about it in detail. It’s not my business.’

Former DJ

The couple met in Utrecht’s nightlife scene, where G. used to work as a DJ. AD reported that he had not worked for two years since being kidnapped and tortured by members of a local gang. ‘Ever since the kidnapping he’s behaved strangely and very distantly. It was as if he lived in a different world,’ a friend told the newspaper.

On Friday two of Laura’s friends laid a sunflower outside the housing complex where she lived. They had been due to take her to her work placement at the UMC hospital in Utrecht on Thursday evening because Laura was afraid to go out on her bike alone. ‘That’s how threatened she felt,’ a friend told RTV Utrecht.

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