She failed to show in court earlier this week
A woman who failed to show up to face justice for killing a former childhood friend in a vicious stabbing has been arrested.
The attack happened in Blackpool in 2017 and involved another friend, James 'Jimmy' Walton, who first pushed Mr Fitzsimmons to the floor before knifing him. Simmonds then joined in, stabbing the helpless man four times with the tool.Both were convicted and jailed for wounding but while Mr Fitzsimmons appeared to make a full recovery, he became seriously ill two years later and doctors found a previously undiscovered injury to his diaphragm which had been caused in the attack.
During a four day trial at Preston Crown Court the jury heard how on September 29, 2017, Mr Fitzsimmonds called at Walton's flat in Withnell Road, Blackpool, to borrow some Rizla papers. Walton was not at home, but Simmonds was there, along with others, drinking and chatting. Following the attack, Mr Fitzsimmons returned to his flat and called the emergency services. He named Walton and Simmonds as his attackers and was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital, where his wound was cleaned and sutured. When he became seriously unwell two years later, doctors failed to notice an abnormality on his chest X-ray and he was discharged from hospital. He was found dead at his home on October 5, 2019.
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