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| Angela Wrightson death: Girls 'dropped TV on victim' | Angela Wrightson death: Girls 'dropped TV on victim' |
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| Two schoolgirls dropped a television on a frail woman they "forcibly restrained", battered and tortured to death, a court has heard. | Two schoolgirls dropped a television on a frail woman they "forcibly restrained", battered and tortured to death, a court has heard. |
| Angela Wrightson was found dead and half-naked by her landlord at her home in Hartlepool in December 2014. | Angela Wrightson was found dead and half-naked by her landlord at her home in Hartlepool in December 2014. |
| The 39-year-old had suffered "well in excess of 103" injuries, including 80 to her face, and her living room was splattered with blood. | The 39-year-old had suffered "well in excess of 103" injuries, including 80 to her face, and her living room was splattered with blood. |
| The girls, aged 13 and 14 at the time, deny murder. | The girls, aged 13 and 14 at the time, deny murder. |
| The jury at Leeds Crown Court heard the older girl previously admitted manslaughter. | |
| There was evidence Ms Wrightson had tried to fight back, the court was told. | |
| Prosecutor Nicholas Campbell QC said she had tried to deflect the weapons, believed to have included a television, a computer printer, a shovel, a wooden stick with protruding screws, a coffee table and a kettle. | Prosecutor Nicholas Campbell QC said she had tried to deflect the weapons, believed to have included a television, a computer printer, a shovel, a wooden stick with protruding screws, a coffee table and a kettle. |
| "At least one of those weapons was swung overhead, resulting in blood being cast off on to the ceiling," he said. | "At least one of those weapons was swung overhead, resulting in blood being cast off on to the ceiling," he said. |
| The violence was said to have taken place over five hours from the evening of Monday 8 December into the early hours of the following day. | The violence was said to have taken place over five hours from the evening of Monday 8 December into the early hours of the following day. |
| It is not known when Ms Wrightson, who was 5ft 4in and weighed six-and-a-half stone, died. | It is not known when Ms Wrightson, who was 5ft 4in and weighed six-and-a-half stone, died. |
| The girls, who cannot be named for legal reasons, giggled and posed for selfies at the scene, described as "akin to a bomb site", the court heard. | The girls, who cannot be named for legal reasons, giggled and posed for selfies at the scene, described as "akin to a bomb site", the court heard. |
| They admit they were present at the time the injuries were inflicted. | They admit they were present at the time the injuries were inflicted. |
| The older girl accepts that she struck Ms Wrightson but said she did not intend her serious harm. | The older girl accepts that she struck Ms Wrightson but said she did not intend her serious harm. |
| The younger girl says she played no part in the assault and did not encourage her co-accused in any way. | The younger girl says she played no part in the assault and did not encourage her co-accused in any way. |
| The jury was told following the death, the younger girl was said to have disclosed to a friend in a phone call: "We done Angie in last night". | |
| When asked why she did not phone police, she allegedly said: "Because I wanted her dead." | |
| Mr Campbell said the younger girl told police that the older girl used a table to "whack" Ms Wrightson over the head and she had told the older girl to "behave herself". | |
| The younger girl claims Ms Wrightson had armed herself with a knife. | |
| After the attack, the girls - who were in the care of the local authority - phoned police to request a lift home. | After the attack, the girls - who were in the care of the local authority - phoned police to request a lift home. |
| The trial, expected to last five weeks, continues. |