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Angela Wrightson: Accused's friend 'told me to do it' | Angela Wrightson: Accused's friend 'told me to do it' |
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A girl accused of murdering a vulnerable woman said she attacked her because her friend "told her to". | A girl accused of murdering a vulnerable woman said she attacked her because her friend "told her to". |
The girl, then 14, told Leeds Crown Court she punched and kicked Angela Wrightson, 39, while the second girl, then 13, repeatedly asked: "Why is she not knocked out yet?" | The girl, then 14, told Leeds Crown Court she punched and kicked Angela Wrightson, 39, while the second girl, then 13, repeatedly asked: "Why is she not knocked out yet?" |
Ms Wrightson was found dead in her Hartlepool home in December 2014 with more than 103 injuries. | Ms Wrightson was found dead in her Hartlepool home in December 2014 with more than 103 injuries. |
The girl, who cannot be named because of her age, has admitted manslaughter. | The girl, who cannot be named because of her age, has admitted manslaughter. |
The younger girl, also accused of murder, denies harming Ms Wrightson. | The younger girl, also accused of murder, denies harming Ms Wrightson. |
The older girl told the court via videolink: "I always do what people tell me to, I don't know why. I do it if I want to, but I also do it if I don't want to". | The older girl told the court via videolink: "I always do what people tell me to, I don't know why. I do it if I want to, but I also do it if I don't want to". |
'Go kill yourself' | 'Go kill yourself' |
She also said the younger girl would tell her to do things "like give her my Facebook password" and "would sometimes make me go out at night when I didn't want to". | She also said the younger girl would tell her to do things "like give her my Facebook password" and "would sometimes make me go out at night when I didn't want to". |
The girl, who told the court she did not know her own birthday, said she and her mother "had a row" on the evening of the attack on Ms Wrightson, which ended in her mother telling her "to go kill yourself". | The girl, who told the court she did not know her own birthday, said she and her mother "had a row" on the evening of the attack on Ms Wrightson, which ended in her mother telling her "to go kill yourself". |
She said she and the younger girl had gone to Ms Wrightson's house on Stephen Street to drink alcohol. | She said she and the younger girl had gone to Ms Wrightson's house on Stephen Street to drink alcohol. |
The pair had already drunk strong cider together and were "a bit tipsy", the girl said, and she had also taken tramadol and codeine given to her by her mother. | The pair had already drunk strong cider together and were "a bit tipsy", the girl said, and she had also taken tramadol and codeine given to her by her mother. |
She told the court had been taking drugs and drinking alcohol since she was 11 or 12. | She told the court had been taking drugs and drinking alcohol since she was 11 or 12. |
She told the jury the younger girl and Ms Wrightson had an argument which escalated before the younger girl demanded the older one "knock Angie out". | She told the jury the younger girl and Ms Wrightson had an argument which escalated before the younger girl demanded the older one "knock Angie out". |
"She [the younger girl] was just sitting on the sofa, and looking at her phone. And then she said 'why is she not knocked out yet?' | "She [the younger girl] was just sitting on the sofa, and looking at her phone. And then she said 'why is she not knocked out yet?' |
"I pushed Angie over, but she got back up. So I smacked Angie in the face with my fists about four times. And [the younger girl] was just shouting at me and telling me to do it." | |
The court was also shown a picture drawn by the older defendant two weeks before Ms Wrightson was killed which depicts a female figure stabbing another person. | |
The girl said she drew it when she was "really really angry" and that she had been advised by her carers to use drawing as a way to manage her feelings. | |
The court heard it had been "a successful strategy" on previous occasions. | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
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