Two women tortured and murdered their neighbour in a horrific attack. Zoe Rider, 36, and Nicola Lethbridge, 45, were yesterday found guilty of the robbery and murder of Stephen Koszyczarski on August 9 last year.
The pair tortured Stephen and filmed some of the attack, where they taunted their victim as they robbed and beat him. Part of the footage was played to jurors at Sheffield Crown Court during the women's murder trial, where they could be heard hurling sickening abuse at defenceless Stephen.
YorkshireLive reports that one said: "Dirty, f****** wrong 'un...Having his f****** balls cut off. Where's the knife, where's the scissors gone?
Little f****** n**** that abusing little girls aren't you Steve?" Another could then be heard to say: "Aren't you Steve?" while one of them said: "Not even denying it you f****** c***." As the footage played, one of the defendants could be heard to say: "Wipe your f****** face" as a man said: "I can't stop bleeding." They then said: "Do you think I give a f***?" Prosecutor Andrew O'Byrne KC told the court that Stephen, 60, lived alone at his flat in Fraser Drive, Sheffield, and was described as a "collector".
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