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The two teenagers who murdered Olly Stephens will be sentenced soon

BBC News Published image captionAngela Wrightson was subjected to a seven-hour attack in her home Two teenagers who tortured and murdered a vulnerable woman in her own home have been granted lifelong anonymity. The girls were 13 and 14 when they subjected Angela Wrightson, 39, to a vicious attack in Hartlepool. Both were jailed for a minimum of 15 years in April 2016. They were not named then because of their age and an interim injunction extended that anonymity after they turned 18. On Thursday, the High Court upheld the ban on naming the pair. At a hearing in London last year, their barrist...

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. The...

Angela Wrightson (Cleveland Police/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up 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...