KILLED FOR A DRUG FIX: QC; Widow 'knew woman raider'.(News) From: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) | Date: July 1, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: JANE TYLER

A COCAINE addict who was caught burgling a pensioner's flat killed the frail widow six months later as she again raided the place, a jury was told.

Tina Trevis stabbed 82-year-old 'bird lady' Constance Richards through the heart and also beat her about the head with a set of bellows during the savage attack at the maisonette in Newtown, Birmingham, the city's crown court was told.

James Burbidge, QC, prosecuting, told a jury that...

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