On the night of 8–9 December 2014, 39-year-old Angela Wrightson was beaten to death in her home in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. She was attacked over the course of seven hours by two teenage girls using various household objects. The first trial began in 2015, but was suspended after information about the defendants was circulated on social media. The following year, after a second trial, both girls were found guilty and subsequently given minimum prison terms of 15 years. Victim Angela Marjorie "Angie" Wrightson (born ) was a vulnerable adult who lived on Stephen Street in Hartlepool. Originally from Darlington, she spent her childhood in the care system and reportedly began drinking as a child. Wrightson suffered from alcoholism, and a boyfriend had died from an alcohol-related illness. She served a number of prison sentences and, following her last release in 2011, had moved to Hartlepool. Attack On the afternoon of 8 December 2014, Wrightson was visited by her landlord at her Stephen Street home and was argumentative and violent, throwing her keys at him multiple times. He left, with her keys, following an argument about purchasing alcohol for her, and described her as drunk but not showing any signs of injuries. That evening, two teenage girls visited Wrightson's home, a known location for underage drinking. The girls had visited Wrightson to get her to buy alcohol and cigarettes for them; she obliged and was shown on CCTV buying cider at a local shop while the girls remained at her home. The CCTV images showed that Wrightson had no significant injuries at this time; she returned to Stephen Street at approximately 19:30. At some point after this, likely soon after, the girls began subjecting Wrightson to a prolonged beating using weapons such as a shovel, an wooden batten driven with screws, and a CRT television. At approximately 21:00, one of the girls posted a photograph on Snapchat, in which Wrightson could be seen with facial injuries. At approximately 23:00, two of Wrightson's friends visited the property in anticipation of drinking with her. After shouting and banging on her window, they found Wrightson's front door unlocked and the living room in a state of "devastation" while the two teenagers and Wrightson hid out of sight. Wrightson's friends left, and some point after this the girls paused the attack while they went to visit a friend. They returned to Stephen Street at