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Feb 11, 2008 16:20:36 GMT
Post by ChrisKamarasPerm on Feb 11, 2008 16:20:36 GMT
Pensioner Ada Hopkinson has died almost three years after she was brutally attacked in her home.Mrs Hopkinson suffered horrific head and facial injuries in the attack at her home in Shirburn Road in Leek in March 2005.
She never recovered and died yesterday at Cheadle Hospital. She was 97.
Teenager Benjamin Brough, formerly of Shaw Place in Leek, was convicted in 2006 of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Mrs Hopkinson. Brough, who was 18 when he was convicted, is currently serving a 12-year jail sentence.
The savage attack on the elderly woman in her own home sent shockwaves through the town of Leek and beyond.
Mrs Hopkinson's battered and bruised body was discovered by her daughter Pat Davis at about 10.30am on Friday, March 18, 2005.
A team of 30 detectives was drafted in to investigate the attack, and police took the unusual step of releasing horrific photographs of the pensioner's injuries in the hope of pricking the conscience of relatives or friends harbouring the attacker.
In April 2005 police questioned four teenagers in connection with the assault, and later charged Brough - who was 17 at the time - with attempted murder.
His case came to trial in May 2006 and the jury at Stafford Crown court chose to convict Brough of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. He was cleared of the alternative attempted murder charge and of burglary.
Brough had denied all three charges.
The jury heard the teenager - who used to deliver milk to Mrs Hopkinson's house - was carrying out his first "solo" burglary and opted to burgle Mrs Hopkinson's house because he knew she was a very elderly woman who lived alone.
Following the attack Mrs Hopkinson was taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, and was later transferred to Leek Moorlands Hospital before being moved to Cheadle Hospital.
In the months following the assault Mrs Davis and her husband Keith visited Mrs Hopkinson in hospital every day, and hoped she would one day recover. But eventually they were forced to concede that she would never return home, and put her house on the market.
Police said a Home Office post-mortem examination will be carried out on Mrs Hopkinson's body tomorrow.
Detective Chief Inspector Ken Raper, of Staffordshire Police, said: "Out thoughts and condolences go to Mrs Hopkinson's family, who have had to deal with the terrible consequences of the incident that took place almost three years ago."
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Feb 11, 2008 16:32:48 GMT
Post by Tom_stokiepmre89 on Feb 11, 2008 16:32:48 GMT
12 years is a joke
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Feb 11, 2008 16:53:51 GMT
Post by tazi on Feb 11, 2008 16:53:51 GMT
Rest in peace Ada, and i pray that in both yours/others memories that one day British justice is finally seen as a broken mess.
R.I.P Ada.
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Feb 11, 2008 17:46:26 GMT
Post by Premiership for hutchstokie on Feb 11, 2008 17:46:26 GMT
R.I.P. ada god bless you .
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Feb 12, 2008 0:32:19 GMT
Post by craig67 on Feb 12, 2008 0:32:19 GMT
They should have strung him up by his balls! I'm sorry but 12 years is a joke.If anyone had done that to my nan,I'd be waiting for him when he got out. RIP Ada,hope you've gone to a better place.
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Feb 12, 2008 1:16:49 GMT
Post by mumf14 on Feb 12, 2008 1:16:49 GMT
My thoughts are divided between condolences for the Hopkinson's family and the pretty shitty ever too familiar family of the Broughs.
No doubt they had washed their grubby hands of him years earlier.
Kids are like dogs....If you don't train them well ..then one day they will turn nasty.
This on the day that the murderers of the guy in Warrington got sentenced.
N.B.
A friend of mine told me about his brother, who is a taxi driver in Halton.He picked up a young scouser a week last Saturday and took him into town whereupon the said individual ran off without paying,,..The taxi driver although livid did not pursue the matter.
Four days later ...the same individual killed his 18 month old daughter. !!
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Feb 12, 2008 1:17:24 GMT
Post by luke45 on Feb 12, 2008 1:17:24 GMT
R.I.P.
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Feb 12, 2008 1:18:34 GMT
Post by stokiematt on Feb 12, 2008 1:18:34 GMT
R.I.P x
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Feb 12, 2008 1:45:42 GMT
Post by powchirper on Feb 12, 2008 1:45:42 GMT
I drove past Ada's house last week and thought what i would like to do to the animal / coward that did this ,then thought about poor Ada, RIP duck.
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Feb 12, 2008 2:07:45 GMT
Post by allmyownteeth on Feb 12, 2008 2:07:45 GMT
Makes my heart sink to read that the old girl had to go like that. 12years, he'll be out in 6. with all the help he wants. Scumbag Justice my arse R I P
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Feb 12, 2008 13:31:41 GMT
Post by mermaidsal on Feb 12, 2008 13:31:41 GMT
What an awful story this has been. I'm probably too much of a soft touch on a lot of things but the people who could do this are scum and should have received proper sentences. And what a dreadful way to end a long, useful, good life. RIP and God bless, Ada.
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Feb 12, 2008 13:54:30 GMT
Post by craig67 on Feb 12, 2008 13:54:30 GMT
The sad thing is though Sal is that someone smited me after I put my comment up.Society is so sad when you get smited for your views on a lad that beats up a 90 year old.
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Feb 12, 2008 18:44:33 GMT
Post by spanishstokey on Feb 12, 2008 18:44:33 GMT
Craig...........hanging by the balls is too light.........cut them off, shove them down his neck and then let him bleed slowly...with the greatest amount of pain whilst rats nibble at him.
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Feb 12, 2008 19:55:42 GMT
Post by Staffsoatcake on Feb 12, 2008 19:55:42 GMT
RIP Ada.
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Feb 12, 2008 23:19:43 GMT
Post by armitagestokie on Feb 12, 2008 23:19:43 GMT
Really sorry for the old dear--97years and she has to meet the scum of the 21st century I agree with Craig67 if it was my Nan I'd make the rest of the twats life a misery!
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