were jailed for a minimum of 15 years in April 2016.<\/a><\/p>\nThe High Court is due to consider whether the ban on identifying the killers can be extended indefinitely.<\/p>\n
The girls’ legal team has already obtained an interim injunction extending their anonymity, although one of them has now turned 18.<\/p>\nThe two girls returned to Ms Wrightson’s home in the early hours of 9 December, where they would continue the attack<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
The original trial judge, Mr Justice Globe, imposed reporting restrictions preventing the media from identifying the girls, on account of them being under 18 and due to their vulnerability.<\/p>\n
The issue will go before the High Court next month, where their legal teams will argue the media’s ban on reporting their identities should be extended.<\/p>\n
The current interim injunction applies to media reports, and all other internet postings.<\/p>\n
Mr Justice Globe halted a first trial at Teesside Crown Court and imposed a ban on reporting the second hearing months later in Leeds after he was alerted to hundreds of social media posts written about the girls.<\/p>\n
He later described them as “a blitz of extreme and disturbing comments posted on Facebook by members of the public”.<\/p>\n
Ms Wrightson, known locally as Alco Angela, was attacked after allowing the girls into her Stephen Street home to drink alcohol.<\/p>\nThe girls dropped a TV on Angela Wrightson’s head<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
A subsequent inquiry into the case found care home staff could not lock doors to prevent the older girl from running away and it heard that she had a chaotic family life.<\/p>\n
The younger girl had been placed in foster care after her parents complained of being unable to cope.<\/p>\n
Both girls were known to drink and take drugs.<\/p>\n
After the attack, the girls boasted to friends about being given a lift home by police, who were unaware of the murder.<\/p>\n
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