Onlookers who recorded mobile phone footage as a hairdresser was stabbed to death have been urged by police not to put the images online.
They would risk adding to the torment of 20-year-old Hollie Gazzard’s loved ones, officers warned as the stylist’s family paid tribute to their ‘beautiful, happy and loving girl’.
Ch Insp Neil Smith, of Gloucestershire police, said videos – taken both during the attack and in the aftermath – should be handed in as evidence.
‘I would like to put in the press very strongly that individuals who took part in any filming do not put this on social media and do not put it on the internet,’ he said.
‘I am sure anyone related to the lady who has died would not like to see this footage uploaded onto social media websites.
‘It would not be a respectful thing to do, especially when the family are in mourning. This was a very, very nasty incident.’
Miss Gazzard died on Tuesday at the Fringe Benefits salon in Gloucester where she worked.
Ch Insp Smith added: ‘This is an isolated incident. This is an incident whereby the victim and suspect did know each other, they were in a previous relationship and I need to assure the communities within Gloucester that it is a safe place to be.’
A man of 22, thought to be her ex-boyfriend Asher-Thomas Maslin, has been arrested.
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