:00:00. > :00:10.Good evening. Channel, but now on BBC
:00:11. > :00:13.A man who stabbed his ex`girlfriend to death as she worked
:00:14. > :00:16.in a Gloucester hair salon has been sentenced to life in prison.
:00:17. > :00:18.Asher Maslin bought a knife and burst into Hollie Gazzard's
:00:19. > :00:21.workplace and attacked her as horrified customers lookdd on.
:00:22. > :00:27.Asher Maslin was fiercely jdalous, possessive and violent.
:00:28. > :00:32.He could never accept that his relationship was over
:00:33. > :00:37.He sent her a text warning he'd get violent if she didn't get in touch.
:00:38. > :00:40.After taking crack cocaine and drinking heavily
:00:41. > :00:43.for three days, he's caught on CCTV in a shop in Gloucester selling
:00:44. > :00:51.He then walks into Wilkinson's in the city centre and, intdnt
:00:52. > :00:56.on killing Hollie, buys a c`rving knife with a six inch blade for ?3.
:00:57. > :01:01.He spends two hours walking around before walking
:01:02. > :01:04.into the salon where Hollie worked and stabbing her 14 times.
:01:05. > :01:11.He's caught again on camera running away holding the knhfe.
:01:12. > :01:14.I had to go and tell my wifd and Chloe, that their sister
:01:15. > :01:21.That was the hardest thing in my life and since that d`y,
:01:22. > :01:24.not one day has gone by when I have not thought about Hollie,
:01:25. > :01:30.what she meant to us as a f`mily and we have to live day by day.
:01:31. > :01:31.With many people in tears the court heard
:01:32. > :01:37.Her father Nick and sister Chloe read out victim impact statdments,
:01:38. > :01:39.saying that their lives had been destroxed.
:01:40. > :01:44.She should still be here with us now.
:01:45. > :01:48.We want to keep her spirit `live as much as we can.
:01:49. > :01:51.She is incredibly missed by everyone.
:01:52. > :01:53.The judge jailed Maslin for life, saying that Hollie's murder was
:01:54. > :01:59.It'll be 24 years before he'll even be considered for rele`se.
:02:00. > :02:02.We had no expectations, but total faith that the judge would do the
:02:03. > :02:07.right thing by Hollie. To ensure the outcome would reflect the horrendous
:02:08. > :02:14.We feel that the length of the sentence handed
:02:15. > :02:16.down today means that we finally have received justice for
:02:17. > :02:28.At the end of last year Hollie wrote on Facebook
:02:29. > :02:33.If a person isn't happy within a relationship,
:02:34. > :02:37.She wanted to end it because she saw the true colours
:02:38. > :02:43.It was not right for her and she found it difficult.
:02:44. > :02:47.He was controlling and therd were a few incidents where he disrdspected
:02:48. > :02:50.us as a family and disrespected Hollie, we had to telling wd did not
:02:51. > :02:57.Asher Maslin often had his head in his hands during the hearing
:02:58. > :03:00.As he left court under high security his mother issued
:03:01. > :03:06.Asher cannot explain why he did what he did.
:03:07. > :03:14.All he can do now is express through us, his deeply felt sorry
:03:15. > :03:18.for the pain which he has c`used to so many people.
:03:19. > :03:23.The Police Complaints Indepdndent said today that two Commisshon
:03:24. > :03:25.officers and a call handler police are being investigated for
:03:26. > :03:28.misconduct in relation to complaints Hollie made to to police about
:03:29. > :03:32.Maslin stealing money from her shortly before she was murddred The
:03:33. > :03:40.A trust has been set up in her name to support to v`rious
:03:41. > :03:43.charities including those who with the victims of domestic abuse.
:03:44. > :03:46.And for her family, now that the court process is over they can move
:03:47. > :03:55.on and concentrate on the trust and finally grieve for Hollhe.
:03:56. > :03:58.The former head of social sdrvices in Wiltshire says there's now
:03:59. > :04:01.a crisis in the profession across the country because of the
:04:02. > :04:05.Ray Jones says social workers have been unfairly treated
:04:06. > :04:12.Here's our Health Correspondent Matthew Hill.
:04:13. > :04:16.Alex Cambell spent 16 years in the cut`throat business world
:04:17. > :04:21.He's now in a social worker in Bristol looking
:04:22. > :04:27.But over recent years Alex's profession has been under attack .
:04:28. > :04:30.That's according to the former head of social sdrvices
:04:31. > :04:36.His book baby on Peter Connolley, the toddler from Harringay who was
:04:37. > :04:41.subjected to months of violdnt abuse before his death, is out today.
:04:42. > :04:45.It argues that referrals to social services have rocketed
:04:46. > :04:48.as a result and it's been more difficult to recruit and retain
:04:49. > :04:53.I think a lot of people who were thinking about staying on
:04:54. > :04:56.the front line are now thinking is that a sensible job to be doing when
:04:57. > :05:00.I think social workers, police officers,
:05:01. > :05:03.community paediatricians and doctors are having to cut corners to get to
:05:04. > :05:09.As a consequence, we may not be spotting the children we nedd to.
:05:10. > :05:13.Despite the so`called baby P effect, as well as the challenges
:05:14. > :05:17.of meeting the needs of are`s like this, Bristol City Council are
:05:18. > :05:21.still rated as good when it comes to child protection and it hs still
:05:22. > :05:30.But elsewhere in the West the picture isn't quite rosx.
:05:31. > :05:37.Somerset has been rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted.
:05:38. > :05:39.They have 36 vacancies in Childrens social services and
:05:40. > :05:43.their referal rate has risen from 500 cases in 2009 to 732 in 201 .
:05:44. > :05:46.In Wiltshire, referals have trebled since 200 .
:05:47. > :05:52.Referals have also doubled hn Bath and North East Somerset.
:05:53. > :05:55.The social workers job that Alex loves still has its own rew`rds
:05:56. > :05:59.But his profession is going to have to attract many more people of high
:06:00. > :06:09.calibre if it is to meet thd growing challenges of protecting chhldren.
:06:10. > :06:11.Somerset lost in the T20 this evening
:06:12. > :06:17.Somerset batted first and reached 136`9 in their 20 overs,
:06:18. > :06:24.That's it from us tonight. H'll leave you now with Ian who has the
:06:25. > :06:39.A hot day developing tomorrow, the hottest of the year so far. It will
:06:40. > :06:47.be humid with a good deal of sunshine. Through the weekend, that
:06:48. > :06:52.hot weather will be surpassdd by thunderstorms. Saturday is ` day
:06:53. > :06:56.which looks threatening. We will give you more details tomorrow.
:06:57. > :06:59.Certainly keep an eye on thd forecast as there may be torrential
:07:00. > :07:05.downpours in the first half on Saturday. Tonight we are losing
:07:06. > :07:11.patchy showers, temperatures will be mild. 15`16. The legacy showers
:07:12. > :07:15.tomorrow will leave low clotd. A spot of drizzle in the channel. As
:07:16. > :07:20.the day wears on, a good de`l of sunshine across the board. Ht will
:07:21. > :07:29.turn windier in Somerset. Temperatures will easily be in
:07:30. > :07:31.27`28. We are likely to see similar values on Friday. Thunderstorms on
:07:32. > :07:35.Saturday. towards Saturday morning. Time to
:07:36. > :07:41.hand you over for the national forecast now.