The brother of a mother stabbed to death by her former partner has demanded answers over why the killer was free to attack her again.
Stacey Hogg, a mother of three, was pronounced dead at her home on McLagan Drive in Hawick on June 25, 2026, after a frenzied knife attack by Lee Inglis.
Inglis, 39, told police officers he intended to behead his former partner. He had twice avoided prison for previous knife attacks on Stacey and is due to be sentenced next week.
Family demands answers
Her brother, Arran Hogg, said Stacey's death should never have happened and Inglis should have been locked up before he went on to kill.
He said: "We cannot sit back and watch other families go through what we are going through. Stacey should still be here. Her kids should still have their mum. Our mum and dad should still have their daughter, and we should still have our sister."
"Instead, our family has been left trying to get our heads around something that should never have happened. We have to live with this loss for the rest of our lives, and nothing is ever going to change that."
Previous convictions
Inglis was sentenced to unpaid work for assaulting Stacey and threatening to kill her with a knife in 2022. He avoided prison again in December last year after being convicted of holding a knife to her throat and cutting her face.
Arran added: "What makes it even harder to accept is what we know about Stacey's case. Her former partner had previously abused her, including a knife attack, and was subject to a restriction of liberty order when he took her life. Why let out someone so dangerous?"
"We know nothing will bring Stacey back, but we deserve answers about what happened and whether more could have been done to protect her."
Attack details and sentencing
The court heard that Inglis launched a frenzied knife attack on Stacey as she came down the stairs after slipping through her back door. Stacey was found in a pool of blood in her downstairs bathroom with "catastrophic wounds" to her neck and head, according to police.
A restriction of liberty order was still in place from Inglis' previous conviction at the time of her murder. He will be sentenced on November 5 at the High Court in Edinburgh pending a criminal justice social work report.
