Hartlepool s Mike Hill blasted Mrs Justice Tipples s shocking ruling on Thursday
The teenage girls were 13 and 14 when they killed 39-year-old Angela Wrightson
The put the vulnerable woman through a five-hour ordeal at her Hartlepool home
They got life sentences in 2016 and told they must serve a minimum of 15 years
A judge today gave them permanent injunctions - preventing them being named
TWO teenage killers who murdered a vulnerable alcoholic in her own home have won a High Court bid to keep their identities secret for life. The girls were aged 13 and 14 when they put 39-year-old Angela Wrightson through a five-hour ordeal at her Hartlepool home while posing for Snapchat selfies. They were handed life sentences at Leeds Crown Court in 2016 and told they must serve a minimum of 15 years behind bars. At the end of the trial, judge Mr Justice Globe refused to lift reporting restrictions preventing the media from identifying the killers, due to their vulnerability. Their anonymity automatically expired when they turned 18, leading their lawyers to ask a High Court judge in October last year to grant them lifelong anonymity.
Angela Wrightson (Cleveland Police/PA)
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Two teenage killers who murdered a vulnerable alcoholic in her own home will have their identities kept secret for life after a High Court judge ruled that naming them would cause the pair “very serious harm”.
The girls were aged 13 and 14 when they put 39-year-old Angela Wrightson through a five-hour ordeal in Hartlepool in 2014, while posing for Snapchat selfies.
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Two teenage girls given lifelong anonymity after murdering vulnerable alcoholic in her own home
The girls were aged 13 and 14 when they killed 39-year-old Angela Wrightson
18:18, 4 FEB 2021
Angela Wrightson, who was killed by two teenage girls in her own home (Image: Cleveland Police)
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