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Angelo Rodrigues stabbing: Neighbours jailed for murder | Angelo Rodrigues stabbing: Neighbours jailed for murder |
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Two people convicted of murdering a "difficult" neighbour in a dispute over noise have been jailed for life. | |
Angelo Rodrigues, 44, died after being stabbed 25 times with a scissor blade. | Angelo Rodrigues, 44, died after being stabbed 25 times with a scissor blade. |
Tracy Mansell, 56, was sentenced to a minimum of 16 years after a jury at Winchester Crown Court found her guilty of stabbing Mr Rodrigues to death. | Tracy Mansell, 56, was sentenced to a minimum of 16 years after a jury at Winchester Crown Court found her guilty of stabbing Mr Rodrigues to death. |
James Kinsley, 40, was jailed for at least 14 years for his part in the murder at Mr Rodrigues' home in Coleman Road, Kinson, Bournemouth, on 27 July. | |
The jury found Kinsley and Mansell guilty of murder in a unanimous verdict following an 11-day trial. | The jury found Kinsley and Mansell guilty of murder in a unanimous verdict following an 11-day trial. |
'Frenzied attack' | |
Mr Justice Stephen Males, sentencing, said evidence during the trial showed Mr Rodrigues was a "difficult and disturbed neighbour". | |
He drank heavily, took drugs and his anti-social behaviour included swearing and shouting abuse. | |
Mr Rodrigues threw furniture from his balcony into the garden of the flat below, where Mansell lived. | |
The court heard Mansell had a condition described as an emotionally unstable personality disorder. | |
On the night of Mr Rodrigues' death, Mansell had been drinking heavily and flew into a rage, saying she was fed up with the noise from Mr Rodrigues' flat. | |
She ran up the stairs brandishing a scissor blade and a row erupted. | |
Kinsley went upstairs, where Mr Rodrigues hit him on the back with a cable bike lock. | |
Mr Justice Males said: "James Kinsley and Tracy Mansell pushed Angelo Rodrigues backwards through his hallway and into his bedroom and got him down on the bed. | |
"James Kinsley sat astride him, punching his face repeatedly and pinning his arms so that he couldn't defend himself while Tracy Mansell stabbed him in what must have been a frenzied attack. | |
"She inflicted a total of 25 injuries with a scissor blade." | |
Speaking after the sentencing, Mr Rodrigues' brother Fernando, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, said: "It was a barbaric attack. I had to identify the body. I cried, I was in shock. | |
"They went for Angelo - he had no chance. | |
"Justice has been done. I'm really glad. | |
"It's been a long, hard two weeks. Both defendants tried to get away with it. | "It's been a long, hard two weeks. Both defendants tried to get away with it. |
"The defendants are entitled to a defence, but they failed." | "The defendants are entitled to a defence, but they failed." |