An ambulance worker carried out a frenzied attack on her boss hitting her with a hammer in a row about work shift patterns. Stacey Smith, 46, has been jailed for 20 years following the attack in which she waited outside her manager's home. Police say the horror attack followed a prolonged row over work shifts patterns.
She turned up outside her boss’s house at 5.30am on 11 November 2023 in Dukinfield, Tameside. Smith knew that the victim would be getting ready to leave and start her shift.
Smith repeatedly hit the victim over the head with a hammer causing serious head injuries, the victim suffered a broken wrist as she tried to lift her arm to defend herself. During the attack Smith screamed at the victim that she was going to kill her. A number of neighbours came out to help the victim, giving her first aid and ensuring that the hammer that Smith left behind was covered in a plastic bag ready to be forensically examined by Crime Scene Investigators.
Smith later sent text messages to a friend after the attack saying "I've done it. I've smashed her head in. Oppsie xx!” and that she would ‘go on the run’ to Liverpool but instead handed herself into Ashton Police Station, where she was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
Smith of Ascot Street,Newton Heath was charged with two counts of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and attempted murder last year. She has also received a whole-life restraining order banning her from contacting the victim. Whi.