Overview

• Joy Middleditch, a great-grandmother with limited mobility, was pushed to the floor and robbed in her Pakefield home on March 25, 2023.
• The boys, aged 16 and 17, entered her bungalow wearing masks, stole her handbag, and left her injured for over 10 hours before she was found by family.
• Ms. Middleditch suffered five fractured ribs and died two days later from health complications linked to the attack.
• Both defendants were sentenced to two-year detention and training orders, with half the time spent in custody and the remainder under community supervision.
• The court acknowledged the boys’ learning difficulties and remorse but emphasized the severity of their actions, which were found to have contributed to the victim’s death.