Popular Jodie was stabbed to death in the West End of Newcastle during a violent clash between two groups of people, on the afternoon of October 17, 2016.
The 27-year-old was walking along Stanhope Street, in the Arthur’s Hill area with friends when she was knifed during an altercation between one of her friends and a group of strangers, Newcastle Crown Court was told.
The wound to Jodie’s abdomen caused massive internal bleeding, and despite efforts to save her, she died from her injuries.
Amy and Jodie grew up together with their adoptive parents and were incredibly close.
Jodie got into trouble with the police shortly after leaving school and by the time she was 16, she had a criminal record and was homeless.
But she had turned her life around before she was killed.
After receiving help from the Your Homes Newcastle’s young people’s service, Jodie slowly began to get her life back on track.
And in 2010 she was a proud recipient of a Chronicle Young Achiever award.
David Waterston, of Hamilton Place, Newcastle, was charged with Jodie’s murder, but later acquitted after a trial.
A year after Jodie’s death, four men were jailed for their parts in the violent disorder, which led to Jodie’s death and happened in front of shocked parents and schoolchildren.
Jodie's sister Amy told the Chronicle: "Jodie was so harmless and selfless. But now when I think of her I just think of her on the floor after being stabbed.
"No one should have to go through that. She must have been so scared.”
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