Teen Girls 'Inflicted 100 Injuries On Woman'

A 39-year-old woman died after being attacked with a wooden stick, a TV set, a computer printer and a coffee table by two teenage girls, a court has heard.

The half-naked body of Angela Wrightson was found at her Hartlepool home last December with more than 100 injuries, Teesside Crown Court was told.

The two defendants who were aged 13 and 14 at the time of the crime.

Prosecutor Nicholas Campbell QC told the jury: "Angela Wrightson was found by her landlord. The body was sitting on a sofa in her front room, she was naked from the waist down.

"There were well over 100 injuries. The evidence at the scene of the crime showed she had been struck in 12 separate locations within that room.

"A number of implements were used as weapons. They included a wooden stick with screws standing proud of the surface, a TV set, a printer from a home computer, a coffee table and a shovel.

"Smaller items such as a kettle and a metal pan were used together with a glass vase and other ornaments."

The jury was told the girls, now aged 14 and 15, were in local authority care at the time.

The teenagers, who cannot be named for legal reasons, deny murder.

The court was told the defendants had formed an "intense relationship".

"The prosecution case is that they were in it together and that they are jointly responsible for this fatal act," Mr Campbell said.