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   A man shot dead by police in south London after breaking into a woman’s   
   home with an arsenal of weapons was a reclusive cannabis smoker who had   
   been spared jail for stalking her last year, The Telegraph can disclose.   
      
   Bryce Hodgson, 30, originally from Middlesbrough, was killed by armed   
   officers in Southwark on Tuesday morning when he tried to force his way   
   into a property while armed with crossbows, a knife, a hatchet, a sword   
   and body armour.   
      
   It has since emerged Hodgson had been convicted of stalking the 31-year-   
   old woman in Southwark last June and was subject to a five-year   
   restraining order.   
      
   Hodgson had been banned from entering Bywater Place, the cul-de-sac where   
   he was shot twice by officers.   
      
   Croydon magistrates’ court heard last year how Hodgson had entered the   
   victim’s bedroom without consent, sent text messages demanding she open   
   her door to him and described his “vivid sexual fantasies” to her.   
      
   He pleaded guilty but was spared jail, with a 16-week suspended prison   
   sentence, and ordered to undergo 12 months of supervision and carry out   
   120 hours of community service.   
      
   Hodgson was a heavy cannabis user who smoked 7g of marijuana a week and   
   spent most of his free time in front of his computer, according to a   
   former flatmate.   
      
   Mia Trutwein, a building manager from Birmingham, lived with Hodgson for   
   two years in a three-person flat in Bermondsey until a month before the   
   first Covid lockdown.   
      
   She said: “He was a lovely guy, he was as timid as anything, a bit of a   
   boffin.   
      
   “He did not have any sort of animosity, he used to go to work and come   
   home. It took me a while to get to know him.   
      
   “He was really introverted, sweet and pleasant, he was really precious. I   
   saw him every day for two years.   
      
   “He did not have any girls around, he never had any girlfriends. He said   
   he used to work for a debt collection agency.   
      
   “He smoked weed quite heavily, through a bong, it would go straight to the   
   brain, he would be buying a quarter of an ounce every week.”   
      
   Ms Trutwein said Hodgson was a “highly eloquent and intelligent” loner who   
   spent much of his free time playing shooting games on his computer, which   
   had three monitors attached.   
      
   The only time he would leave his bedroom would be to use the bathroom or   
   for food, she added, saying: “We used to try and pry him out.”   
      
   Hodgson is believed to have been a student at Aberystwyth University who   
   moved around between Manchester and Leeds before settling in south London   
   around 2018.   
      
   Prosecutors argued for jail sentence   
   The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Wednesday that it had tried to   
   convince the judiciary to impose a jail sentence on Hodgson for his   
   stalking conviction.   
      
   A CPS spokesman said: “We argued for this offence to be tried in the Crown   
   Court and for a custodial sentence to be imposed – however these decisions   
   are for the independent judiciary. The defendant did not breach his bail   
   conditions.”   
      
   It is understood that the case was settled at magistrates court level   
   because Hodgson pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity.   
      
   A spokesman for the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), the   
   police watchdog, which investigates all firearms incidents, confirmed   
   crossbows, a sword, a knife and body armour had been recovered from the   
   scene on Tuesday morning.   
      
   Mel Palmer, the IOPC regional director, said: “Our thoughts are with all   
   of those affected by this tragic incident. The man’s next of kin have been   
   informed and, in due course, we will be contacting them to explain our   
   role. We will keep them regularly updated throughout our investigation.   
      
   “Given that a man has died after being shot by police, our role is to   
   independently investigate all of the circumstances surrounding this   
   incident, including the actions and decisions taken by the police.   
      
   “We appreciate that the community will want answers quickly, and our   
   investigators are working hard to establish the facts and piece together   
   what occurred.”   
      
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