Posted on 01/21/2005 12:42:50 PM PST by ambrose
Fri 21 Jan 2005
3:02pm (UK)
'Woman Set Fire to Lesbian Ex-Lover in Jealous Rage'
By Nick Foley, PA
A woman who doused a bed in petrol and set it alight while her lesbian former lover lay naked with a new girlfriend was today warned she faced a “substantial” jail term.
Jealous Sarah Metcalfe, 46, of no fixed abode, discovered her ex-girlfriend Katie Wrigglesworth in bed with Emma Shakesheff in a caravan she owned at Goldsbrough Mill Farm, near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.
Leeds Crown Court heard how Metcalfe set fire to the bedroom in a desperate bid to stop them having sex on July 20, last year.
The pair were initially trapped in the blaze, but escaped through a window.
Ms Wrigglesworth, 26, suffered 40% partial thickness burns to her arms, legs and body and had to spend 10 weeks in hospital.
Ms Shakesheff, 32, sustained extensive second degree burns to 44% of her body and spent six weeks at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, the court heard.
Metcalfe had pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm earlier in the trial, but insisted it was an accident.
Mr Justice Royce today discharged the jury after they had failed to reach a verdict on two counts of GBH with intent after more than five hours of deliberations.
Metcalfe, whose son was watching in the public gallery, then pleaded to an alternative charge of arson reckless as to whether life would be endangered.
Sentencing was adjourned for reports, but Mr Justice Royce warned Metcalfe that she faced a “substantial term of imprisonment”.
During the five-day trial the court heard how Metcalfe’s and Ms Wrigglesworth’s four-year relationship had ended in June last year, but the pair continued to use their caravan.
Metcalfe described how her heart “dropped to her socks” when she walked in on her former lover caressing a new girlfriend.
She became embroiled in a heated argument with her ex, who eventually stormed off stating: “I’ve had enough of this, I’m off to bed to make love to my bird.”
A few moments later she saw the pair having sex through an open bedroom door.
She later told police that her former partner had been “rubbing her nose in it” and grabbed a petrol can from the caravan.
She told the court she poured the petrol over the bed and just “wanted them to stop”.
Metcalfe, who had downed six or seven pints of beer and a few whiskies, then flicked a lighter and the room became engulfed in a wall of flames.
She went outside and helped pull Ms Shakesheff out of a window, through which Ms Wrigglesworth had already escaped and went to call the emergency services.
The victims, who were in court today, are still recovering from their injuries.
Metcalfe was remanded in custody for sentence at a date to be fixed.
Hey...she helped pull them out the window, didn't she? :o)
I don't even know what that is supposed to mean.
When I was in college, the worst and most violent "love spats" or whatever you want to call them were the ones with the lesbians -- far more than guy-girl fights.
Too bad they can't find a way to lick this problem.
EEEWWWWWW!!!
Too bad they can't find a way to lick this problem.
** hehehehehe
Talk about a flaming homosexual!
Isn't this just about sex?
ROFL. More than I want to know.
That's because they call each other out on the carpet.
When lived in Taxachusetts, I would occasionally see posters for the Battered Lesbians Network (a support group for lesbians beaten by their partners). Then, as now, my reaction was:
"Dip the lesbian in egg white, then roll it in flour, being sure to coat thoroughly..."
"Dip the lesbian in egg white, then roll it in flour, being sure to coat thoroughly..."
LOL! I went to college in Taxachusetts, and I do remember those flyers/posters! I always wondered why they didn't seem to care about hetero women who got beaten up by their partners...
You are very bad. ;)
B-B-B-Burnin Love!
As a lady once said to me," Honey here it is, it's red hot
and it's all yourn!"
"Too bad they can't find a way to lick this problem."
snicker
I'm just awful, aren't I?!
on a similar note
I read in either the Post or AM today about a man who gto attacked by his wife after he tried to join in on the sessions she was having with another woman. The wife got jealous.
“rubbing her nose in it”
No doubt someone's commented on this already, but that's got to be the funniest line I've seen all week!
...Katie Wrigglesworth...
My reaction exactly,and with "Shakesheff" as a partner??
I knew a lot of dykes in my time and not a single one lacked rage issues.
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