A 'lovely' teenage girl who was stabbed to death outside a shopping centre in Croydon has been pictured as her 'devastated' family paid tribute to her.
08.09.2023 - 17:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mechanic killed his stepdad after punching him following a family row. Bradleigh Shepherd hit 42-year-old Stephen Rimmer in the face after intervening in an argument.
He struck Mr Rimmer with such force that he suffered a broken jaw. When he went to hospital, Mr Rimmer, a forklift truck driver who was described as a 'gentle giant' by his family, had a cardiac arrest and never recovered.
He was placed into an induced coma and died seven months later. His heartbroken family told of the ‘hell’ they have endured in the time since the attack.
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"It has been the worst few years of our lives,” his sister said. Now Shepherd, 25, has been jailed for three years and two months after admitting manslaughter.
Minshull Street Crown Court heard how Mr Rimmer was in a relationship with Shepherd’s mother. Shepherd said he regarded Mr Rimmer as a ‘stepfather’ and they used to have a drink together.
It was said that the relationship between Mr Rimmer and Shepherd’s mother could be ‘volatile’. The pair had been drinking on August 15, 2019, when Shepherd returned to their home in Culvert Street, Rochdale.
He’d been out drinking and had received a text message from his mother alleging that Mr Rimmer had been ‘hitting her’. It was also alleged in court that Mr Rimmer had been assaulted by her previously. After returning, Shepherd punched Mr Rimmer once to the face. Shepherd said there was ‘no scuffle’ and that the next morning there was no ‘bad blood’ between them.
The next day the pair exchanged text messages with Mr Rimmer asking Shepherd ‘are we ok?’ "Yeah yeah, sorry,” Shepherd replied. “Just mum saying sh** that made me snap."
Mr Rimmer
A 'lovely' teenage girl who was stabbed to death outside a shopping centre in Croydon has been pictured as her 'devastated' family paid tribute to her.
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