Tonight I heard from a friend who lives on Tapton Crescent Road that she saw two covered bodies moved from a neighboring property into an ambulance this morning. Two ambulances and four police cars were in attendance. Does anybody know what happened? The area is cordoned off.

If anyone has any information on this then please let us know, apparently the house is that of a friend of mine - I'm not in Sheffield anymore and have no means of contacting him. Cheers.

Somebody I know mentioned that there were 6 police cars on the road this morning (she lives near there) but didn't know why.

Edit: I have checked SY Police and local news site but nothing on there.

Still no more news about what happened?

Are you able to say how far along the road this was? Was it near Rygate Road?

How peculiar.

Ambulances do not move dead bodies unless there are very particular circumstances - such as death from natural causes in a public place.

If there are suspicious circumstances then the bodies would be left in situ for police forensic examination before being removed by an undertaker service (usually Heaths).

Oh thats good - hopefully there was nobody dead then

I still haven't heard anything - a friend of mine contacted the police last night but they were unable to give him any information. If people could keep their ears to the ground I would be very grateful :) Cheers

Update: no one is dead, thank god, but two people hospitalised.

thats a relief, looked bad with the stretchers yesterday.
my mate lives here and mentioned it, do you know what has happened?

Ambulances do not move dead bodies unless there are very particular circumstances - such as death from natural causes in a public place.


Makes sense. I did wonder what use an ambulance would be on a murder scene..... but may I ask if it is normal to completely cover people on stretchers (including their heads) unless they've copped it?

I suppose if the weather was absolutely awful and you had a trek to the ambulance you might carefully cover the patient's face to provide some shelter, but that would be one job in a million. Covering people's face impedes that critical process of respiration that the human body is so keen on, so it's more one for dead bodies.

I can understand why your friend might have thought the faces were covered, but they weren't.

I am now aware of what apparently happened here, but I can't really say - suffice it to say this is because of a criminal investigation.

as dan says if you wrap someone right up in blankets becasue it's blimming chilly outside ( like sheffield this weekend with the wind ...) they might from a distance look like they are completely covered ...

as dan says if there is an ongoing criminal investigation please be careful about discussing the incident in question although discussions of the minutiae of Ambulance Aid is probably legally safe...

i live near there and i SWEAR i heard a gunshot around 11.30pmish!!!!

i live near there and i SWEAR i heard a gunshot around 11.30pmish!!!!

Which day was that?

hey, right the house on tapton cres, belongs to one of my best mates. Obviously it was a bit worrying when i saw this thread "possible double murder" as i already knew the house had been took down by the police.

But i now know a fair few details about what happened and who went in the ambulance, but unfortunatly i cant locate my best mate who was i think in the house at the time, his phone is off etc.

Note To Dan - Please could you pm me with any details you may know please. cheers

In terms of timescales. I drove past at about 2pm on Saturday afternoon. The house was cordoned off with police tape and there were two marked police cars. The front door was open, but there was nothing else to see. I am not sure how this fits in with other hearings and sightings.

I do hope it is nothing too serious and the residents are safe and well.

as i already knew the house had been took down by the police.

I'm out of touch, I know, but what does this phrase mean?

i meant that i'd been past his house and noticed that there was all police tape around it my bad :)

Anyone heard anything else about it. No news anywhere.

Anyone heard anything else about it. No news anywhere.

Has anything been in The Sheffield Star yet ? I dont take this paper but just wondered.

No-one died, but a scumbag beat up a 78 year-old woman & a 49 year-old man:

http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=1888332

http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=1888332

Couple are attacked by teenager in their home
A MAN and a woman were rushed to hospital with head and facial injuries after they were attacked by a youth at their Sheffield home.
The 78-year-old woman and 49-year-old man from Tapton Crescent Road, Broomhill, are recovering from their injuries in the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield.
The pair were assaulted on Saturday morning in what is believed to be a domestic incident.
An ambulance service spokeswoman said: "An ambulance was called to the house at 11am on Saturday November 18.
"One male and one female were taken in two ambulances to the Northern General Hospital."
Police were alerted and officers sealed off the driveway of the house. They arrested an 18-year-old man.
A police spokeswoman said: "Police were alerted to an address on Tapton Crescent Road, Lydgate, on Saturday November 18 following reports that two people, a man and a woman, had been seriously assaulted."
"A woman and a man were both taken to Northern General Hospital having sustained head and facial injuries after being assaulted in their home."
Patrick Robert Hayes appeared before Sheffield magistrates on Monday charged with wounding.
He has been remanded in custody until November 27 2006 when he will reappear in court.


Edit: beat me to it cgksheff

oi do not call him a scum bag till he has been proven guilty!!

as i said he is one of my best mates, and if it's an unprovoked attack i will be very suprised and disapointed with him!

I will admit i was shocked when i read that, but i hopefully will get the chance to visit him and get his side of the story

Mod note: At this point, can we please ask that anything that may be important in this case is not posted here and is instead given to the police as possible evidence.

This young man is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, and it would be appreciated if everyone could let justice run its course before coming to a judgement.

Which day was that?

sunday night, admittedly it could have been a TV from the flat next door but it definately didn't sound like one!!

oi do not call him a scum bag till he has been proven guilty!!
as i said he is one of my best mates, and if it's an unprovoked attack i will be very suprised and disapointed with him!

Provoked by a 78 year old woman....?

I suppose it could happen (I added that bit so it doesn't look prejudical).

i know it doesn't look good for my mate but there are a lot of other things you can take into account, i know a few things about the people involved that people on here dont know, obviously i cant mention them due to the case!

i know it doesn't look good for my mate but there are a lot of other things you can take into account, i know a few things about the people involved that people on here dont know, obviously i cant mention them due to the case!

Fair enough.

i know it doesn't look good for my mate but there are a lot of other things you can take into account, i know a few things about the people involved that people on here dont know, obviously i cant mention them due to the case!

Regardless, an 18 year old lad beating up a 78 year old pensioner is disgusting, i'd be questioning why you are friends with him if i were you. It is sick and he is scum, i'd disown any of my family if they beat up such an old woman, wasn't your mate told never to hit a woman as it is, nevermind an OAP. Hope he gets whats coming to him, this has turned my stomach.

Regardless, an 18 year old lad beating up a 78 year old pensioner is disgusting, i'd be questioning why you are friends with him if i were you. It is sick and he is scum, i'd disown any of my family if they beat up such an old woman, wasn't your mate told never to hit a woman as it is, nevermind an OAP. Hope he gets whats coming to him, this has turned my stomach.
:thumbsup: agreed

Regardless, an 18 year old lad beating up a 78 year old pensioner is disgusting, i'd be questioning why you are friends with him if i were you. It is sick and he is scum, i'd disown any of my family if they beat up such an old woman, wasn't your mate told never to hit a woman as it is, nevermind an OAP. Hope he gets whats coming to him, this has turned my stomach.

Double agreed!! I was trying to stay fair and not incur the wrath of the mods but it is hard to know what could possibly have justified this.

oshvorn how can you possibly defend him? friend or not i wouldnt admit it!

I certainly don't want to try and justify the actions committed on the couple injured and I hope they make a full recovery.

But there are obviously reasons for this attack and perhaps it might not all be that the young lad is a nasty nutter. An elderly person is capable of hurting someone not just physically but emotionally. Sadly they don't all wear cardi's smelling of lavendar, sharing their butterscotch.

Regardless, an 18 year old lad beating up a 78 year old pensioner is disgusting, i'd be questioning why you are friends with him if i were you. It is sick and he is scum, i'd disown any of my family if they beat up such an old woman, wasn't your mate told never to hit a woman as it is, nevermind an OAP. Hope he gets whats coming to him, this has turned my stomach.


good call, I hope they pull through.

I agree with samc, people are far too quick to verbally attack others. A little more reflection on this situation is needed before posting knee-jerk reactions. Someone has a friend who would appear to be in serious trouble, so he is concerned for him. Would people really be so quick to disown a friend or family member who has done wrong without knowing the full details? A true friend would try to find out more and then help, I think (I hope so anyway).

An elderly person is capable of hurting someone not just physically but emotionally. Sadly they don't all wear cardi's smelling of lavendar, sharing their butterscotch.

You've met my mother!

untill i've heard his side of the story i will be still defending him, i am visiting him soon, and if i change my mind i will let you all know, but for now, as far as im concerned knowing the guy, something seems out of place here. If it's the case of "the one's you never expect" then so be it, but for now, somethings up!

Would people really be so quick to disown a friend or family member who has done wrong without knowing the full details? A true friend would try to find out more and then help, I think (I hope so anyway).

If it involved them beating up a 78 year old woman than yes, i would quite happily slam the door right in their faces, although i would be too tempted to give them a good hiding myself. Yes there may be some evil 78 year olds out there, but that doesn't warrant putting them in hospital, its not like they can defend themselves against an 18 year old lad is it?!! i couldn't defend myself against the majority of 18 year old lads these days so how can someone that age?!! I stand by what i said before, he is scum, regardless of the full story, you DO NOT beat up an OAP.

oh how i wish i could mention a few details!

even if he is guilty i will be looking to support him and help him, as he has no one else apart from me and a few other mates, so i would not abandon him.

but i can see no matter what i say it's not going to change your opinion, so call him scum if you want, I will support him through thick and thin and know inside me that he is not scum, he's done something bad and horrid supposedly but that does not make him scum, there are a lot worse going round sheffield then people like him.

Mod note:

OK then, I'm closing this thread. We're about to head off towards sub-judice and that's not acceptable. Please give me a shout if there is any development that will allow the thread to reopen.