Two 15-year-old girls have been convicted for a brutal, seemingly motiveless 2014 murder – a crime dubbed the ‘Snapchat Murder’ by the English press, as the pair posted a selfie near 39-year-old Angela Wrightson’s Hartlepool home after the hours-long assault.
Before the jury came to a unanimous decision to convict the pair, the Leeds crown court heard how the attackers used make-shift weapons including a coffee table, a shovel, and a kettle during the murder.
Cleveland Police reaction to guilty verdicts in Angela Wrightson trial …Detective Chief Supt Peter McPhillips said: …
Posted by Cleveland Police on Tuesday, 5 April 2016
The victim’s mother said “listening to the details of her injuries and of her final moments has been a harrowing experience and something which will continue to haunt us each and every day.”
“The two girls responsible will one day be women themselves, free to live their lives and perhaps have children of their own — a right which was taken from Angie.”
Source: The Times / News Corp.
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