Three people jailed for Hartlepool manslaughter

Three people who chased and killed a man in revenge for a knife attack have been jailed.

Adam Thomson, 30, was hit by a Ford Focus in Hartlepool as he tried to flee after attacking his ex-partner’s new boyfriend, Teesside Crown Court heard.

The three had previously denied murder but admitted manslaughter.

Sarah Hadfield, 35, was jailed for five years 11 months, Anthony Hadfield, 40, seven years and seven months and Steven Corbett, 31, five years and a month.

Prosecutor David Lamb KC of Dere Street Barristers, said that brief call was to arrange a “joint revenge attack” on Mr Thomson.

John Elvidge KC, representing Sarah Hadfield, said her car had been travelling at about 9mph when it hit Mr Thomson with the low speed combining “peculiarly” with the the victim catching his foot on the ground to pull him under the vehicle.

Peter Makepeace KC, for Anthony Hadfield, said before he left the house he was acting in “lawful defence”, but accepted that no longer applied when he began to chase Mr Thomson.

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