Beverley Road murderer dies ‘after testing positive for coronavirus’
KILLER SENTENCED TO A MINIMUM OF 20 YEARS IN PRISON DIED IN HOSPITAL
A MURDERER who referred to herself as ‘the queen of Beverley Road’ has died in prison “after contracting Covid-19.”
Angela Burkitt, 55, had been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison after killing Joanne Hemingway in a “revenge stabbing” in Beverley Road, on June 29, 2017.
However, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed Burkitt, who had been serving her time in HMP New Hall, died in hospital on Friday, April 17.
She died “after testing positive for coronavirus”, a family source has told the Mail.
At a trial at Hull Crown Court Burkitt was found guilty of murder as well as intimidating witnesses and trying to frame her partner for the murder in 2017.
The court heard how the fatal clash between the women, who were neighbours, came after a long history of bad blood between them.
Ms Hemingway had got the better of Burkitt in a clash witnessed by residents earlier in the day, so Burkitt went outside armed with a knife along with her partner, Glenn Foster, who himself was armed with a baseball bat and large knife, and fought Joanne, who had a scaffolding pole.
The clash ultimately resulted in Ms Hemingway’s tragic death after she was stabbed in the chest by Burkitt.
A huge police investigation took place following Joanne’s murder, with Glen Foster initially charged with the crime.
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But he was soon released and Burkitt was charged with murder.
Judge Richardson told Burkitt her defence that someone else stabbed Joanne was “absurd”, and said her victim was a “much loved daughter, sister, and mother”.
In December 2019, the murder was at the centre of a Sky Crime documentary of which the trailer described Burkitt as “a recovering addict who finally turned her life around”.
The documentary also featured a participant, who described the long-running feud between Burkitt and Ms Hemingway, and later said Burkitt thought of herself as “the queen of Beverley Road”.
The Ministry of Justice confirmed Burkitt had died in hospital after previously testing positive for Covid-19.
A post-mortem place.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: “A 55-year-old HMP New Hall prisoner died in hospital on April 17, 2020. Our condolences are with her family at this time.
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