No Justice for Queue Jump Victim
Supermarket killers Antonette Richardson and Tony Virasami.A couple have been jailed for their part in a supermarket disagreement that left an innocent shopper dying on the floor.
Despicable smack head Antonette Richardson was jailed for 18 months and ex-boyfriend Tony Virasami received four years for manslaughter.
Richardson was shopping in the Sainsbury's store in Merton when she pushed in front of Adam Prendergast to buy cigarettes at the kiosk. Mr Prendergast muttered his displeasure at Richardson, who responded by phoning Virasami for back up.
As Virasami, a convicted robber, entered the store Richardson pointed out Mr Prenderghast, but he mistakenly punched innocent bystander Tony Tripp instead of his intended target.
Father-of-one Mr Tripp, 57, from Colliers Wood, south-west London, died when the "almighty blow" caused him to fall and fracture his skull, causing bleeding on the brain.
As Mr Tripp lay seriously injured on the floor Richardson, who was tagged and on bail for shoplifting, was heard to say to Virasami: "We need to find the right guy."
Judge Geoffrey Rivlin said of Mr Tripp: "He was just minding his own business, waiting in a queue to be served at the customer services counter, when suddenly you, Mr Virasami, rushed towards him and took such a powerful swing at his head that he was immediately floored.
"You both decided to take the law into your own hands by meting out violence to this man. But Mr Virasami mistook one person for another. Mr Tripp was the wrong man, an entirely innocent bystander."
After sentencing at Southwark Crown Court Gillian Tripp, one of Mr Tripp's sisters, said: "We are really disappointed with the result, really disappointed."
I don't blame you one bit Gillian. Such a pathetic sentence is another damning indictment of what Britain has become.
Despicable smack head Antonette Richardson was jailed for 18 months and ex-boyfriend Tony Virasami received four years for manslaughter.
Richardson was shopping in the Sainsbury's store in Merton when she pushed in front of Adam Prendergast to buy cigarettes at the kiosk. Mr Prendergast muttered his displeasure at Richardson, who responded by phoning Virasami for back up.
As Virasami, a convicted robber, entered the store Richardson pointed out Mr Prenderghast, but he mistakenly punched innocent bystander Tony Tripp instead of his intended target.
Father-of-one Mr Tripp, 57, from Colliers Wood, south-west London, died when the "almighty blow" caused him to fall and fracture his skull, causing bleeding on the brain.
As Mr Tripp lay seriously injured on the floor Richardson, who was tagged and on bail for shoplifting, was heard to say to Virasami: "We need to find the right guy."
Judge Geoffrey Rivlin said of Mr Tripp: "He was just minding his own business, waiting in a queue to be served at the customer services counter, when suddenly you, Mr Virasami, rushed towards him and took such a powerful swing at his head that he was immediately floored.
"You both decided to take the law into your own hands by meting out violence to this man. But Mr Virasami mistook one person for another. Mr Tripp was the wrong man, an entirely innocent bystander."
After sentencing at Southwark Crown Court Gillian Tripp, one of Mr Tripp's sisters, said: "We are really disappointed with the result, really disappointed."
I don't blame you one bit Gillian. Such a pathetic sentence is another damning indictment of what Britain has become.
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