First picture of university lecturer ‘stabbed to death’ in Plymouth

A pistillate who was fatally injured successful Plymouth earlier this week has been described arsenic a ‘lovely’ idiosyncratic by her neighbours.

Claire Butler, 48, was killed connected Wednesday nighttime and worked arsenic a lecturer successful big nursing astatine Plymouth University, according to MailOnline.

A man, Paul Butler, 53, has been arrested and is the lone fishy successful the case.

A neighbour who knew Claire said: ‘It’s a immense shock, we lone chatted to her a mates of days ago.

‘She was lovely, she moved successful a mates of years agone and worked astatine the University, she was undertaking a PHD and lecturing successful nursing. 

‘Police raided the location astir 10pm – they conscionable told america to enactment indoors. 

‘She’d been distant precocious connected concern and erstwhile she came backmost she decided she didn’t privation to unrecorded present portion she was down the roadworthy truthful she got an flat successful West Hoe.

‘She’d lone conscionable moved her worldly successful past week. She has a lad and a daughter.’

Another eyewitness said: ‘The country is not looking precise good.

‘I arrived astatine 4th past nine. 

‘When I arrived connected the country the incidental was successful its aboriginal stages and equipped constabulary had been deployed.

‘Then 15 minutes aboriginal a constabulary country effect squad had arrived.’

Chief Inspector Tom Cunningham said during a property league connected Thursday: ‘Cordons are successful spot and constabulary units stay successful the area.

‘At this clip the fishy remains astatine ample and a large effect is underway.

‘We person taken the steps of releasing an representation of a antheral we request to place successful transportation to the execution investigation.’

Butler is the lone fishy successful the lawsuit and constabulary said it is ‘an isolated incidental and determination is nary contiguous menace to the wider public’.

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