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Lorraine King

Evil sisters mock homeless woman and call her a 'hunchback' before battering her

Shocking footage shows the moment two evil sisters battered a disabled homeless woman in the street after mocking her for being a "hunchback".

Jodie Gillett suffered a broken nose and a smashed eye socket in the savage assault by Katie Thomasson, 24, and younger sister Molly, 21.

Miss Gillett was in hospital for two days after the wicked pair repeatedly punched and kicked her in the face in Worcester city centre on March 16.

CCTV shows Katie approach the victim, who suffers from curvature of the spine, pretending to hobble along the street mimicking a hunchback.

She then grabbed Miss Gillett by the hair and punched her several times in the face before Molly joined in.

The two sisters and a friend who was not involved leave the scene (SWNS)

Last week the sisters, both of Worcester, were jailed after admitting causing grievous bodily harm.

Katie was caged for two-and-a-half years while Molly was jailed for two years Worcester Crown Court.

Judge Robert Juckes QC said the attack went on for a "considerable time" and added: "It would have seemed to the victim like forever."

Katie was jailed for two-and-a-half years (SWNS)


He told the sisters that the ugliest part of this was that they "knew of her disability and you mocked her for it."

He said: "That performance you put up was so grossly insulting you must have winced to watch it as anyone would."

He told Katie that she had "lost all self-control" and told her sister Molly that she had "seen the abuse and mockery her sister used."

He said: "Instead of stopping her from going to attack Jodie Gillett, you joined in with her and took part in the assault on her when she was being kicked on the ground.

Mollie was jailed for two years (SWNS)


"That is in my view very serious offending."

Raj Punia, prosecuting, said: "You see the defendant, Katie Thomasson, mimicking a hunchback. It's plain to see.

"The victim says Katie walked back towards her, walked straight up to her, grabbed her hair on the left side of her head before punching her three or four times on the left side of her face around the left eye, causing her to fall to the floor.

"She describes, while on the floor, that Katie kicks her several times around the head and shoulders."

The attack in Worchester was caught on CCTV (SWNS)


Miss Gillett suffered bruising and swelling to the left side of her face and left eye, a deviation and fracture to her nose and a small fracture to the inner wall of her left eye.

Detective Constable Heather Leech, of West Mercia Police, said: "This was a very serious crime that was hugely traumatic for the victim and we are pleased that justice has been done for her."

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