BLACKHEATH: Rosimeiri Boxall manslaughter pair sentenced at Old Bailey (From News Shopper)

BLACKHEATH: Rosimeiri Boxall manslaughter pair sentenced at Old Bailey

12:10pm Tuesday 15th December 2009 in News By Kelly Smale

TWO teenage girls found guilty of the manslaughter of vicar’s daughter Rosimeiri Boxall have been sentenced at the Old Bailey.

Hatice Can, aged 15, of Dallin Road, Woolwich, has been sentenced to eight years in custody for her part in the killing.

Nineteen-year-old Oluwakemi Ajose, of Floyd Road, Charlton, who suffers from schizophrenic spectrum disorder, was ordered to be detained without limit of time at a psychiatric hospital.

Miss Boxall, of Battery Road, Thamesmead, was found beneath an open window after falling from the second floor of a three-storey house in Coleraine Road, Blackheath, on May 17 last year.

During last month's trial the court heard that before plunging to her death from Ajose's flat, 19-year-old Miss Boxall was beaten and bullied by the defendants, who were 17 and 13 at the time.

Sentencing, Judge Peter Thornton said: “This was cruel, abject bullying. It was ugly, vicious and repeated.”

He told Can had she been older her sentence would have been longer.

The court heard Can was the leader but Ajose joined in with the bullying.

Mr Thornton also imposed a restriction order on Ajose under the Mental Health Act to protect the public from serious harm.

The order prevents her from leaving the hospital "without the consent of the Secretary of State."

He said: “It is recorded in Holloway when you were on remand there that you targeted and bullied other vulnerable young women and tried to get several of them to hang themselves with their bedding.”

After the sentencing, Detective Inspector Bob Meade said: “It is a very strong message against bullying. It reflects the seriousness of the situation Rosie was in and her need to escape.”

He also said Miss Boxall’s family were happy with the sentences.

Both teenagers denied manslaughter but were found guilty on November 18.