Murder of Angela Wrightson

Angela Wrightson
Born Angela Wrightson
1974/75
Died December 2014
Hartlepool, County Durham
Cause of death Murder by beating with household objects inc. shovel, TV, coffee table, stick studded with screws
Residence Hartlepool, County Durham
Nationality British
Known for Murder victim
Home town Hartlepool, County Durham

Angela Wrightson (1974/75 – 2014) was a woman who lived in Hartlepool, United Kingdom. She was murdered by two teenage girls who cannot be named for legal reasons, in her home[1] in December 2014.

Background

Wrightson lived on Stephen Street in Hartlepool. She was an alcoholic.

Murder

The second trial found that two girls, aged 13 and 14 at the time of the attack, murdered Wrightson in her home in a "sustained and brutal attack" on the night of 8 December 2014. She was found dead by her landlord the next morning.

Both girls were in the care system at the time.

Legal proceedings

The first trial was held in July 2015. However, due to widespread commentary on the case on social media networks including Facebook, the judge Henry Globe ordered that the trial be abandoned as the case could be prejudiced. This led to reporting restrictions under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.

Between the first and second trials, media organisations challenged the reporting restrictions in the Court of Appeal.[2]

The second trial was held from February to April 2016 at Leeds Crown Court. Two teenage girls were convicted of the murder and sentenced to a minimum of 15 years imprisonment on 7 April.

Sentencing, the judge ruled that the anonymity of the two perpetrators should be maintained.[3]

See also

References

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.