Smirk of teenage thug moments before killing an OAP for her handbag: Pair of 15-year-olds including father-of-two jailed



Paula Castle was attacked in an alleyway close to a primary school

Pensioner, 85, had lost her husband and son in the last 10 years

She was pushed to the ground in west London and left motionless

Mrs Castle was rushed to hospital but died from a brain haemorrhage

Identities of Jiervon Bartlett and Nayed Hoque revealed by judge

Both are aged 15 but named because of seriousness of case

Bartlett , of Northolt, Middlesex, is a father-of-two

Strolling down the street with a smirk on his face, this is the callous teenager who killed a frail 85-year-old for her purse.

Nayed Hoque and his friend Jiervon Bartlett pounced on Paula Castle in an alleyway near her home.

Partially sighted and recovering from a stroke, the grandmother was an easy target and suffered a serious head wound when she was knocked to the ground. She died a few hours later.

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Grinning: Jiervon Bartlett and Nayed Hoque, pictured on CCTV, before attacking Paula Castle

Nayed Hoque (left) and Jiervon Bartlett (right) were locked up for manslaughter after knocking down and killing 85-year-old blind widow Paula Castle during a street robbery

Heartache: Blind pensioner Paula Castle died after being attacked in an alleyway near a primary school Frail: Paula Castle, leaving her local Tesco store, before being attacked

The Old Bailey was told yesterday that Hoque and Bartlett, both 15, were responsible for a litany of violent crimes including robbery, kidnap and assault.

They attacked another elderly person the day after mugging Mrs Castle.

They were jailed for six years yesterday – far too short a sentence according to Mrs Castle’s family. ‘They’ve repeatedly committed crimes, some of a violent nature, and they’ve targeted the vulnerable, the elderly, the disabled,’ said daughter-in-law Jane Castle.

‘They didn’t seem to have much remorse because they went out and mugged another lady the next day. The punishment doesn’t coincide with the crime.’

The pair moments before mugging Paula Castle, 85, who died following a mugging in Greenford, London, on November 19, 2012

The scene where Paula Castle, 85, died after being robbed in this alleyway off Oldfeld Lane South, Greenford

Mrs Castle was attacked as she walked home from the shops in Greenford, West London, last November. Witnesses saw Bartlett and Hoque loitering around the alleyway with hoods covering their faces.

Andrew Edis, prosecuting, said Mrs Castle’s emptied handbag was found discarded in a nearby garden.

Police discovered they spent the cash on a takeaway pizza and used her bank cards to buy mobile phone top-ups and a pair of Nike trainers.

Flowers left at the scene where Paula Castle, 85, died after being robbed in this alleyway

After learning that Mrs Castle had died the pair robbed a second woman, Rose Mohamed, 75, of her handbag containing £120. Her bank cards were used to buy a pair of trainers and more mobile top-ups.

Both teenagers had repeatedly walked free from court despite being found guilty of serious crimes.

Bartlett had convictions for robbery, burglaries, kidnap and making threats. He attacked his 62-year-old foster father and took part in a violent burglary in which an autistic victim was robbed.

Specialist police officers scour the area close to the scene of the attack. A murder investigation was then launched Tragic: Mrs Castle was taken to hospital but her condition deteriorated overnight and she died The 85-year-old was attacked in an alleyway close to a Primary school, (seen on the right hand side of this picture)

The court heard he has shown no remorse for killing Mrs Castle and stormed out of a probation meeting when he was asked to apologise to her family.

Hoque, who blamed Bartlett for killing Mrs Castle, has three convictions for assault, including two violent attacks on his own parents last year.

Both youths, from Southall, West London, admitted manslaughter shortly before they were due to go on trial.