Tuesday, August 3, 2010

British Amazons: Female violence in UK

One woman was cleared of planting her stiletto through a man’s eye and brain. Two young women tortured a third for almost an entire day for sleeping with one's ex-boyfriend. A normal week in UK.

After learning about the woman stamping her stiletto through a man’s eye and brain, we are told that the next day she was cleared of any wrongdoing, on orders of a judge. Apparently, the man who suffered life-threatening injuries and underwent two operations was “uncooperative” and had been previously charged, though not found guilty. Here’s how the BBC describes the event:

A woman who kicked her stiletto heel through her boyfriend's eye and into his brain has been cleared of all charges on the orders of a judge.

Bradford Crown Court was told Staci Hargreaves, 34, kicked Gavin Taylor, 28, during an argument in a taxi. Mr Taylor became unconscious and had to undergo two operations in hospital. Miss Hargreaves, of Greater Manchester, was acquitted after a judge ruled there was no evidence against her claim she kicked in self-defence. On the second day of her trial, the defendant, of Stalybridge, was cleared of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and an alternative charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm.

Directing the jury to find her not guilty, judge Peter Hunt said: "There is no evidence to lead you to the conclusion the defendant was not acting in instinctive, reasonable self-defence." The jury had previously heard Miss Hargreaves was wearing 3in (7.6cm) heels, one of which caused her boyfriend serious injuries. Jurors were told she was in the back of the taxi with two other people after a night out in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, when she kicked Mr Taylor after he turned round in the front seat. He suffered life-threatening injuries and was in hospital for a month. The court was told he refused to co-operate with police and to give evidence in the trial. The judge said it was clear everyone in the group had been "heavily intoxicated with drink". One witness said Mr Taylor had slapped Miss Hargreaves earlier in the evening, knocking her to the floor. The judge was also told of a series of convictions Mr Taylor has for violence dating back more than a decade.

In 2005 he was jailed for 16 months for false imprisonment following an incident in Greater Manchester in which a man was tied up and put in a car boot before being driven to a river where he eventually drowned. After being acquitted, Miss Hargreaves said: "I just want to get my life back together again."

As for the two women torturing their friend, the Telegraph tells us:

Fenn and Vinner-MoodLucy Viner-Mood, 22, and Lois Gibson, 18, locked Georgia Fenn in a flat for 18 hours while they beat her unconscious repeatedly. Miss Fenn, 19, suffered burns from a cigarette lighter, had her ponytail cut off and suffered two black eyes and a broken nose. The two flatmates attacked her in March after hearing that she had slept with Viner-Mood’s former boyfriend, Maidstone Crown Court heard. A judge, who described the attack as “evil”, sentenced Viner-Mood to five years in jail and Gibson to three years in a young offenders institute. The pair, both of Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, each admitted false imprisonment and assault causing actual bodily harm. Anne Phillips, prosecuting, told how terrified Georgia tried to flee her attackers by trying to get out the front door but was dragged back for further punishment. She said: “Viner-Mood stopped Miss Fenn from leaving by grabbing her arm and took her away from the door pulling her back into the living room. “At this point Gibson then got a yellow red hot lighter and pushed it onto the victim’s chin for a few minutes and also burnt her hand.” Eventually, at 2pm the next day Miss Fenn was thrown out the flat wearing just a dressing gown and no shoes. She managed to stumble onto the streets with a broken nose, second degree burns to her chin, two black eyes and covered in blood. Police arrested Viner-Mood and Gibson the following day.

It seems that Britain continues to have a serious problem with youth violence and particularly female violence. In the photo you can see Georgia Fenn, 19 (left) who was battered and imprisoned by Lucy Viner-Mood, 22 (right) - photo credited to FERRARI.

Sources / More info: women-jailed, bbc-stiletto

No comments:

Post a Comment

Thank you for commenting and rest assured that any and all comments are welcome, whether positive or negative, constructive or distructive. Unfortunately, if you comment in this view I might not know about - please use the regular (Desktop) view.
I am using Disqus for commenting, but Blogger is not showing it so your comments may end up not being displayed - tell Google about it!