Two women tortured and kicked their 'quiet, shy' neighbour to decease aft falsely accusing him of being a paedophile.
Zoe Rider, 36, and Nicola Lethbridge, 45, attacked 'quiet' 60-year-old Stephen Koszyczarski, adjacent filming immoderate of the sadistic onslaught arsenic they taunted him with sickening, unfounded abuse.
Jurors astatine Sheffield Crown Court were shown footage of the killers baselessly labelling him a 'dirty f***ing incorrect 'un' who was 'abusing small girls' arsenic they threatened to mutilate him with scissors.
As Mr Koszyczarski, who was reported to person a mild learning difficulty, pleaded for mercy, telling them 'I can't halt bleeding', 1 of his killers replied: 'Do you deliberation I springiness a f***?'
The assemblage took conscionable 2 hours and 35 minutes to find Rider and Lethbridge blameworthy of execution and an further complaint of robbery.
Stephen Koszyczarski, 60, was described arsenic a 'quiet' antheral who kept to himself successful Sheffield
It took a assemblage little than 3 hours to convict Zoe Rider (left) and Nicola Lethbridge (right) of robbing and murdering Mr Koszyczarski
They attacked their victim, who was a neighbour, astatine his location successful Woodseats, Sheffield connected August 9 past year.
He utilized a telephone enactment to beg for help, asking for an ambulance arsenic helium laic dying, and a signaling of his last telephone was played to the tribunal successful which helium could beryllium heard asking for his spot back.
His callous killers past near him critically injured and went to a adjacent property. Mr Koszyczarski died successful infirmary connected August 11.
Rider and Lethbridge evaded justness for lone a fewer days, and were charged with execution connected August 15 pursuing what South Yorkshire Police called 'old-fashioned constabulary work' including door-to-door inquiries.
The pair's phones were seized and the horrific footage of their onslaught pored implicit by specialists, which showed them attacking him, falsely labelling him a pedophile and taunting: 'Not adjacent denying it you f***ing c***.'
Forensic officers past discovered hint amounts of Mr Koszyczarski's humor connected a brace of pick jogging bottoms worn by 1 of the attackers.
Both women turned connected each different during the proceedings - but jurors saw done their attempts to pin blasted connected 1 another.
The tribunal heard the women had carried retired their onslaught without immoderate grounds to suggest Mr Koszyczarski was a enactment offender. A South Yorkshire Police probe besides uncovered nary wrongdoing connected his part.
Judge Sarah Wright told the assemblage 'no accusation was uncovered astatine each suggesting that he'd ever had children sojourn his code oregon immoderate transportation of paedophile interests', reports BBC News.
The BBC said friends had described him arsenic a 'quiet, shy man'. He was said to person had a mild learning difficulty.
Prosecutor Andrew O'Byrne KC told the tribunal that Mr Koszyczarski lived unsocial astatine his flat. On the time of his murder, helium had gone to a cafe and had spoken to the pistillate owner, who helium knew.
The pistillate was said to beryllium acrophobic astir Mr Koszyczarski, who seemed to beryllium 'running abbreviated of money'.
Mr O'Byrne said: 'During the people of the conversation, helium complained helium wasn't getting overmuch slumber due to the fact that radical successful his artifact were making a batch of sound and disturbing him.'
It was said the pistillate offered to springiness Mr Koszyczarski £55 and though helium was reluctant astatine first, helium yet took it.
Sheffield Crown Court, wherever Rider and Lethbridge were convicted of murdering Stephen Koszyczarski connected August 9 past year
It was heard that Mr Koszyczarski was captured connected CCTV footage connected his mode home, but astatine 11.20pm that night, helium pressed a fastener connected a lanyard that activated an alarm utilized for assistance for those with wellness issues.
Mr O'Byrne said: 'He spoke to an relation and asked for assistance. He told them helium had been attacked and was bleeding.'
It was said pistillate voices were heard successful the inheritance of that call. The tribunal heard Stephen was taken to infirmary but died connected August 11.
Mr O'Byrne said a pathologist who carried retired a post-mortem introspection connected Mr Koszyczarski's assemblage said helium 'died arsenic a effect of what helium describes arsenic a sustained and blunt-force carnal battle and haemorrhage of the skull'.
It was said Mr Koszyczarski had injuries to his caput and neck, bruises to his ear, eyes, cheeks and lips. He had besides suffered bruising to his thorax that were 'most apt caused by kicks'. Mr O'Byrne described the battle arsenic 'sadistic.'
Lethbridge and Rider, some of Fraser Drive, Woodseats, were remanded into custody and volition beryllium sentenced connected June 5.
Speaking aft the blameworthy verdicts, Detective Chief Inspector Tom Woodward of South Yorkshire Police said: 'Stephen was described arsenic a quiescent man.
'Although helium had a adjacent ellipse of friends, helium kept himself to himself and conscionable went astir his business. He didn't origin immoderate problems oregon wounded anyone and his decease was callous.
'Lethbridge and Rider had not lone subjected Stephen to intelligence torture and carnal maltreatment but they humiliated him during the attack, wrongly accusing him of being a paedophile which was simply not the case.
'I americium pleased with the jury's verdict and the information that these 2 volition present walk a important magnitude of years successful prison.'
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