Tributes paid to university lecturer killed in Plymouth 'who spent her life giving to other people'

Tributes person been paid to a assemblage lecturer who was recovered earnestly injured successful Plymouth connected Wednesday and aboriginal died successful hospital.

Claire Chick, 48, "spent her beingness giving to different people", said Jo Taylor, who launched a fundraising leafage to assistance her 2 daughters with ceremonial costs.

"Her infectious laughter is simply a dependable I volition ne'er forget," she wrote.

Ms Chick, antecedently known arsenic Claire Butler, had 5 grandchildren who telephone her "favourite grandma", according to a connection by her family.

"We are perfectly devastated and breached astatine the nonaccomplishment of our beauteous caring mother," said Ms Chick's household successful a statement.

"She was the astir beauteous lively psyche and was determination for everyone.

"She loved to creation and sing, adjacent though she was beauteous atrocious astatine it; she had nary shame successful doing it successful beforehand of immoderate audience."

Ms Chick taught astatine the University of Plymouth's nursing schoolhouse aft a vocation successful nursing.

"Due to her passion, determination volition beryllium astonishing nurses retired determination looking aft yourself and your loved ones," wrote Ms Taylor connected the fundraising page.

One erstwhile pupil of Ms Chick posted connected societal media saying: "She was genuinely 1 of the astir kind-hearted souls you'd ever conscionable and had truthful overmuch going for her.

"She was an astonishing tutor, phenomenal lecturer and a phenomenal nurse," they said.

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On Thursday, a 53-year-old antheral was arrested connected suspicion of murder astir 20 miles distant successful the Liskeard country of Cornwall.

He is presently being held successful constabulary custody.

Devon and Cornwall Police said it would notation itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) due to the fact that of erstwhile interaction with Ms Chick.

An IOPC spokesperson said erstwhile this is received, the watchdog volition "carry retired an appraisal to determine what further enactment is required by us".