Girls murdered pensioner

London - Two schoolgirls were yesterday found guilty of murdering a 71-year-old widow, then dumping her body in a wheelie bin…

London - Two schoolgirls were yesterday found guilty of murdering a 71-year-old widow, then dumping her body in a wheelie bin and abandoning it in a canal. The 15-year-olds wept uncontrollably as the verdict was given by a jury at Manchester Crown Court.

Both girls had denied murdering the pensioner, Ms Lily Lilley, and disposing of her body in the Rochdale canal.

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