re: #58 Jeff!

There are bad neighbors, but this brings it to a whole new level

Pair killed neighbour over child’s burst football

What she did was wrong, but the response was so disproportionate, and now one person is dead, and two go to prison.

It’s like for some people there’s no mind present, just violent primate instincts.

In addition to the assault — can I just point out that some of the blame for her death also has to go to the 23 Aug ambulance crew and the 28 Aug hospital staff.

On the day of the assault, 23 August 2016, (snip)
Ms Machin called emergency services while the defendants were still in the house and in the 999 call she can be heard crying out in pain and saying: “They smashed my head up.”
Both defendants can also be heard shouting aggressively to Ms Machin before they leave.
Police and paramedics attended but it was not felt necessary for her to go to hospital.

She continued experiencing severe pain and was eventually taken to hospital on 28 August, but her injuries were regarded as not requiring emergency treatment.
However, the rib fractures caused 1.9 litres of blood to gradually accumulate around her heart, which stopped working.
Mr Harbage said she died “alone and in pain, with significant breathing difficulties” at her home on the weekend of 3 and 4 September.