There are graphic details of violence and threats in this narrative.
Following a “vicious and extremely violent joint attack” on their 60-year-old neighbor Stephen Koszyczarski in his Sheffield apartment, 36-year-old Zoe Rider and 45-year-old Nicola Lethbridge received sentences.
The court heard how, on August 9, 2023, they recorded their assault on the defenseless guy while they falsely accused him of being a pedophile.
The two robbed Mr. Koszyczarski, leaving him bleeding and with 22 different injuries on his head, body, and face. Two days later, his injuries claimed his life.
Rider and Lethbridge were sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, with a minimum of 26 years.
In addition to their life sentences, they were given robbery penalties of 13 years in jail.
The two were “both clearly fuelled by drugs and probably alcohol” when they carried out the attack, Judge Sarah Wright told Sheffield Crown Court.
“I have absolutely no doubt that you went into Stephen’s apartment together in order to threaten, attack, and rob him—no doubt to finance further drug taking,” the speaker stated after hearing the case’s evidence.
