Angela Wrightson killer attacked detention centre staff and inmates during bad behaviour in custody

The girl, who can only be identified as ‘D’, was involved in a ‘high number of incidents’ in a secure training centre after being sentenced to 15 years for the shocking murder of Angela in her home in Stephen Street, in December 2014.

Details of her bad behaviour were revealed in a High Court judgement made this week when both girls who killed Angela were granted lifelong anonymity.

Among the evidence considered by the judge Mrs Justice Tipples was a report from forensic psychologist Dr Louise Bowers after meeting with D in March 2019 just before she was transferred to an adult prison.

Dr Bowers stated: "D’s behaviour has been poor in custody and she has been involved in a high number of incidents.

"She has assaulted staff and other residents and has had to be restrained on occasions.

"At the end of December 2018, D was charged with violent offences against staff members at her STC.”

However, she was given an absolute discharge by the court due to the fact that she was already serving a life sentence.

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Mrs Justice Tipples said Angela was the victim of a “sustained and brutal assault” in which she suffered over 100 injuries.

The case attracted national press attention and caused widespread revulsion due to the ages of the girls at the time – just 13 and 14 –and the level of violence used.

She was hit with a shovel, a TV, a coffee table and a stick studded with screws.

The girls also took pictures of themselves and posted them on social media during the five-hour attack leading them to be dubbed ‘the Snapchat killers’.

In an updated report from October last year, Dr Bowers said D was now ‘maturing effectively’ and her behaviour is improving.

It was said some prisoners know she is serving a sentence for murder but do not know the details.

The girl herself was quoted as saying: “I do not want to lie to people when they ask me what I am in for.

"But also I do not want people to know. Nobody knows me already, and most people don’t ask, and it is easy not to go into details.”

The High Court heard the other girl convicted of Angela’s murder, known only as F and who is also now in an adult prison, has been diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD) with antisocial traits.

But psychologist Dr Jackie Craissati said she had shown signs of maturity and would progress well if her identity were kept a secret.

F had told one friend in prison about the murder.

Mrs Justice Tipples said they should be given lifelong anonymity because of the serious risk of self harm and suicide by the girls, in particular by F, if their identities were made public.

The injunction was opposed by the Press Association news agency.

Ian Murray, executive director of the Society of Editors, said it was important that the court’s decision did not create a precedent.

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