Rebecca Nangle is jailed for six years for stabbing her neighbour
VIOLENT Rebecca Nangle has been jailed for six years for stabbing her neighbour in a row over two New Year's Eve parties.
The 28-year-old insurance company trainee manager collapsed in tears as a jury found her guilty of the violent attack, with shocked friends and family looking on from the public gallery.
Nangle stabbed Victoria Griffiths in the back and punctured her lung just before midnight on December 31 last year.
Judge William Hart told Nangle she could have killed Ms Griffiths.
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He said: "You must have simply lost your temper in that heat of the moment.
"You could have killed her by plunging the knife into her."
The judge jailed her for six years, of which she will serve half, less the 118 days she has had a tagged home curfew on remand.
Nangle was found guilty of intent to cause Ms Griffiths grievous bodily harm after a four-day trial at Gloucester Crown Court.
Tempers flared in Priors Road, Cheltenham, after a guest chose one New Year's Eve party over another on the opposite side of the road.
Ms Griffiths and Leigh Eyre, who lives across the road, were holding parties that night.
Nangle is Ms Eyre's niece and was at her party. But Ms Eyre's son, Craig Beard, was at Ms Griffiths' party, and this annoyed his mother..
Ms Eyre approached Ms Griffiths' ground-floor maisonette and put her hand through the open lounge window, breaking the blind. She then shouted abuse through the window at Ms Griffiths and telling her son to leave.
She is then said to have "forcefully hammered" at the door and smashed a pane of glass.
Ms Griffiths then went outside into the road to find out why Ms Eyre had caused damage to her home.
Ms Eyre was holding a knife, but that Nangle then took it from her.
Prosecutor Julian Kesner said: "She then turned around so she had her back to Leigh Eyre. She turned to go back to her home. At that point, as she was starting to walk back to her flat, she was stabbed in the back.
"She says it felt like a really hard punch. It was a punch that took the wind out of her and she did not appreciate then that she had been stabbed. She turned around and on turning she saw Rebecca Nangle running away from her."
Ms Griffiths said that as she waked back across the road she felt an "almighty" blow to the back and turned to see Nangle running across the road.
She said within moments of the blow she was bleeding and unable to breathe properly.
"It was as if my breathing had been taken away," she told the jury. "I found it incredibly hard to breathe and I was panicking as well, which made it worse."
Nangle told the jury she could remember taking the knife from her aunt, but did not recall if she still had the knife in her hand when she pushed Ms Griffiths.
David Martin, defending, said it was "a very, very sad day indeed" for Nangle and her family.
The verdict, he said, would have a devastating effect on her life and on her supportive family and friends who had been present throughout the case.
The jury convicted Nangle by a majority of 10-2 after deliberating for six-and-a-half hours.
Comments
by charlesm1
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 8:34AM
“From the article: David Martin, defending, said it was "a very, very sad day indeed" for Nangle and her family. The verdict, he said, would have a devastating effect on her life and on her supportive family and friends who had been present throughout the case.
The reader could be forgiven for thinking that it is Nangle who is the victim here, rather than the perpetrator of a brutal and cowardly attack which could easily have left someone dead.
Rather than being 'devastated', Nangle's supporters should be thanking their lucky stars that she is only going to serve little over 2 ½ years in prison.”
by billybob
Sunday, September 02 2012, 2:30PM
“And your point is? Not unlucky, nothing to hide. Victoria is the victim in all of this, face the facts. She wouldnt of got 6 years for no reason at the end of the day”
by billybob
Sunday, September 02 2012, 2:21PM
“Hardly hiding anything viky is the victim of all of this it wasnt rebecca who was stabbed was it? Face the facts”
by billybob
Sunday, September 02 2012, 1:29PM
“Rebecca Nangle got what she deserved! If you ask me her sentence wasn't long enough! Some of these comments are pure vulgar and incorrect, people are so selfish now a days! Victoria has two young children, imagine if something terrible had of happened to her that night?? People need to realize the truth and stop trying to make Rebecca look all innocent because she is far from it!”
by uggers2k
Sunday, September 02 2012, 1:12PM
“At the end of the day, the lass stabbed someone, could have killed them and has rightfully gone to prison. Regardless of whether she has a nice job or is of previous good character, knife crimes are a disgraceful and cowardly act and she has rightfully been punished.
Hopefully this will act as a lesson to people who think that violence is the right thing. Lets hope that she reforms in prison and goes on to help people who have been victims of knife crime.”
by Ysedra
Sunday, September 02 2012, 2:19AM
“What I find surprising is that the defence's case in court, as referred to by those speaking up for Nangle, isn't already known to the public. That's the nature of journalism, after all. One day, a paper prints the prosecution's take, full of lurid accusations, and that sells copy. The next day, it's the defence's turn, with a whole different slant, and that boosts sales too. These seem to be those articles:
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The last one appears to deal with the defence, and it amounts to Rebecca Nangle not being sure of anything, including what she did with the knife. Not a very convincing defence, whatever history exists between these individuals.”
by -Dorie2012-
Saturday, September 01 2012, 10:54PM
“Up on blocks??? can you explain, never heard this term before”
by valhalla2010
Saturday, September 01 2012, 5:32PM
“Also- what about the woman who brought the knife along in the first place- was any action taken against her?”
by valhalla2010
Saturday, September 01 2012, 5:02PM
“On the positive side there will be a job opening for a trainee manager at an insurance company for someone...”
by hopealliswell
Saturday, September 01 2012, 4:19PM
“So sad, Ms Nangle's life destroyed over a moment of madness...... I would be sure alcohol had a major part to play in that evening, possibly influencing her actions. So sad for her victim and her family as well. I hope Ms Nangle, her victim and all involved in this tragic incident find the strength and courage to move on from this in time to come. I also agree strongly with Judge William Hart comments.”