Medic attacked boss with hammer in row over rota

An ambulance idiosyncratic who tried to termination her brag successful a "frenzied" hammer onslaught aft an ongoing enactment implicit shifts connected a unit rota has been jailed.

Stacey Smith waited extracurricular her boss's location successful Tameside earlier the unprovoked onslaught connected the greeting of 11 November 2023.

The 46-year-old aboriginal texted a person to accidental "I've smashed her caput successful - Oopsie xx" aft leaving her unfortunate with "serious caput injuries", constabulary said.

Smith, from Newton Heath successful Manchester, was recovered blameworthy of attempted execution and jailed for 20 years, with a 5 twelvemonth licence play to follow.

Manchester Crown Court heard she told constabulary she had a disagreement with her manager astir displacement patterns aft their narration had deteriorated since the Covid pandemic.

She screamed astatine her brag and threatened to termination her arsenic she attacked her extracurricular her location astatine 05:30 GMT.

The tribunal heard she struck her unfortunate repeatably successful the caput with the hammer, causing superior injuries and breaking her wrist arsenic she tried to support herself.

The brace had worked unneurotic since 2017

Neighbours rushed to assistance the injured pistillate and gave her archetypal aid, portion placing the hammer successful a integrative container to truthful it could aboriginal beryllium forensically examined by police.

Smith aboriginal texted a person and wrote: "I've done it - I've smashed her caput successful -Oopsie xx!”

She besides outlined plans to "go connected the run" successful Liverpool.

But she yet handed herself successful astatine a constabulary presumption and was arrested connected suspicion of attempted murder.

She was besides sentenced for possessing an violative weapon, an offence she had admitted, and fixed a restraining bid banning her from contacting the woman.

Det Con Stephen McNee said a "violent pistillate had been instrumentality disconnected the streets".

Smith's brag had suffered life-changing carnal injuries that "may heal but the intelligence trauma of the onslaught volition enactment with the unfortunate for life", she said.

"I’d similar to convey her for her bravery successful supporting america with our investigation."