Thread: Brit granny dies after multiple stabbings w/ screwdriver

March 25, 2009

A grandmother was stabbed to death with a screwdriver on her way to meet friends for a weekly game of skittles.
Gwen Poole, 66, suffered five wounds in the apparently random attack.

The retired factory worker collapsed before managing to stumble a few yards to her son's house. She died later in hospital from her injuries.

Yesterday police were questioning a 22-year-old man in connection with her death.



Officers said it appeared to be a motiveless attack - though did not rule out the possibility her attacker had been trying to steal her handbag in the village of Llanbradach, near Caerphilly, South Wales.

Mrs Poole was set upon at around 8pm on Tuesday evening on her way to the neighbouring village of Bedwas for a skittles league match. She had been due to meet the captain of the Llanbradach Social Club skittles team, Heather Thomas.

When she failed to turn up, Mrs Thomas drove to her friend's home but was told by Mr Poole that his wife had already left.

She discovered her teammate had been stabbed after calling at her son's home.

Yesterday Gwent Police sealed off a stretch of the main road through the village to look for a weapon and are understood to have contacted social services to find out if anyone on their 'considered dangerous' list had gone missing.

Mrs Poole, who had been married for more than 40 years, lived in Llanbradach all her life and was well known and popular.

Her sister Phyllis Sweet, 69, said: 'It is just appalling, so shocking. Gwen was just a week away from celebrating her 67th birthday and she was enjoying her retirement.

'How could anyone do this to her? She was my lovely sister who wouldn't hurt a fly or provoke anyone. It has hit everybody for six. We can't comprehend what has happened to our poor Gwen.'

Mrs Poole's 68-year-old husband Jimmy, a retired rail worker, and their two sons Ian, 42, and Keith, 39, were said to be 'heartbroken and devastated'.

Fellow skittles player Janet Bradshaw, 63, said: 'Gwen was the loveliest person you could meet.

Grandmother stabbed to death waiting for a lift to skittle game at village social club | Mail Online

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Horrible way to go. Stuffed with a screwdriver on the way to skittles.

If it had happened in a big city it might be less surprising but in a small Welsh village ?? I know that my own elderly relatives are very nervous about going out late at night unless they are in a group , a very sad state of affairs.

Yes sir, gun control sure ain't working there is it, most think that with gun control that violent crime just do not happen.

Originally Posted by blackgang

Yes sir, gun control sure ain't working there is it, most think that with gun control that violent crime just do not happen.

Gun control working very well. Sunshine! I have not been able to take mine out for the last 10 years!

Originally Posted by blackgang

Yes sir, gun control sure ain't working there is it, most think that with gun control that violent crime just do not happen.

Gun control is not the issue here, but seeing as you raise it to obfuscate the issue . . . Yes, it is working, hence the relatively few deaths.

Well done, you have shot yourself in the foot . . . figuratively speaking, of course.

Why own a gun if you can't "have" it?

I had a gold coin collection that I kept locked up for years. Eventually, I sold the lot because -- well, what's the point?

Why keep a gun that you can't enjoy, shoot, clean, shoot a few OAPs?

BTW, I'm not a gun fan.

Originally Posted by blackgang
Yes sir, gun control sure ain't working there is it, most think that with gun control that violent crime just do not happen.
Gun control is not the issue here, but seeing as you raise it to obfuscate the issue . . . Yes, it is working, hence the relatively few deaths.

Well done, you have shot yourself in the foot . . . figuratively speaking, of course.

How do you know there is fewer, either you are dead or you ain't, if it didn't happen or are people so stupid over there that they run around saying "If I had a gun you would be dead" and others running around keeping track to see how many less there are with gun control than without?
DimCap does seem to fit well.
Plus do you do a double post just to get the count up? or to get my curiosity up so I will open it?
But you can not comprehend what you read either so I see why you selectively quote and edit them to fit your thinking, now I understand you.
But no one brought gun control in other than to make a point, guns do not kill people,, people do. the OP is about crime and violent death.
Maybe you can pull this double talk bullshit with your normal associates, but you can't pull it on here around people with sound minds, so you had better stick with your friends, you have none on here.

Mad dog,,, yea you stick with him, he has the same comprehension as you, so stick with that burnt brain bastard, he is just your speed and once in awhile include sabang he is just real close to you 2,.

Man, 22, arrested over murder of woman, 66

A 22-year-old man from the New Tredegar area has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after a 66-year-old woman was stabbed to death last night while waiting for her friends to take her to skittles.
Gwen Poole, was waiting outside her house on De Winton Terrace, Llanbradach, Caerphilly, when she was attacked just before 8pm, suffering stab wounds to her upper body.
An ambulance was called and she was taken to the University Hospital of Wales, where she died.
The man who has been arrested is in custody, while the street remains cordoned off as police conduct house to house enquires.

WalesOnline - News - Wales News - Man, 22, arrested over murder of woman, 66

So it's 3 years in a room with a telly and a Playstation for him then.

Originally Posted by blackgang

Yes sir, gun control sure ain't working there is it, most think that with gun control that violent crime just do not happen.

You really have to be fuckwit of the century mate.

An old lady gets stabbed with a screwdriver and you try and turn it around into an argument for more guns on the street. BG logic at its best.

Originally Posted by Bugs

Originally Posted by Panda

Originally Posted by blackgang

Yes sir, gun control sure ain't working there is it, most think that with gun control that violent crime just do not happen.

You really have to be fuckwit of the century mate.

An old lady gets stabbed with a screwdriver and you try and turn it around into an argument for more guns on the street. BG logic at its best.

I don't see BG's post as being any more out of line than whn every nimrod and their brother takes a chance to post gun control crap every time there is a thread about some wanker knocking someone off with a gun. In the same vane they don't focus on the death of the person/ persons but instead focus only on gun control.

Same, same - but different.

Not same same - but different. BG has an agenda which suits his small mind very well and he doesn't miss a chance to spout his nonsense.

What does a stabbing by screwdriver have to do with gun control?

BG, still haven't worked out the ignore function yet?

If a person is twisted, he'll find a way to kill.

With a baseball bat, a screwdriver or a gun.

That's all.

Originally Posted by Bugs

Originally Posted by Panda Quote: Originally Posted by blackgang Yes sir, gun control sure ain't working there is it, most think that with gun control that violent crime just do not happen....

You really have to be fuckwit of the century mate. An old lady gets stabbed with a screwdriver and you try and turn it around into an argument for more guns on the street. BG logic at its best.

See thats why you are an idiot pandy, you can't walk and chew gum at the same time let alone read and post with any intelligence on a public forum.
nowhere did I advocate any guns on the street,
you are the fuckwit that keeps saying without guns there will be no violent crime and every time, as Bugs says, there is a shooting you are first up to advocate gun control, and with this and the fuckwad with the ball bat just proves what we have said all along, Guns do not kill people,,,,,People kill people.
I think there has been 3 deaths by violence in the forum in the last couple of days, 1 kid 11 years in USA shot a lady with a 20 ga shotgun,,1 14 year old in NZ beat a woman up with a ball bat and 2 weeks later killed a 17 year old young lady with a ball bat and now we have a 66 year old lady in Wales killed by being stabbed with a screwdriver,, so seems like your loud cries for GUN CONTROL have not fallen on deaf ears and they have chosen different means of delivering death to fellow human beings.
Good on ya Pandy
which goes back to guns and people, and so on,,,

OH yes, and I see that you have brought along your sidekick, the ever intelligent DimCap HAT

Originally Posted by blackgang

OH yes, and I see that you have brought along your sidekick, the ever intelligent DimCap HAT

Guhaw, guhaw . . . Doh, I'm Blackgang and I'm an idiot! I say really clever things, doh . . . when the meds wear off.

Originally Posted by blackgang

I think there has been 3 deaths by violence in the forum in the last couple of days, 1 kid 11 years in USA shot a lady with a 20 ga shotgun,,1 14 year old in NZ beat a woman up with a ball bat and 2 weeks later killed a 17 year old young lady with a ball bat and now we have a 66 year old lady in Wales killed by being stabbed with a screwdriver,

3 DEATHS IN THE FORUM over the past couple of days!!!! Wake up you senile old dill. 80 people a day are dieing in the US due to gun violence.

An old lady got stabbed to death by some nutter in Wales and it made the news because its such an UNUSUAL event.
Old lady gets shot in New York during failed mugging = NOT NEWS. Happens regularly, no-one wants to read about it, just a fact of life in a violent society awash with guns.
Yank pro gun mentality at its best. Would be funny if it wasnt so sad.

I am forced to wonder how many of these types of crimes might have been just threats of violence if they had a gun? I mean if a thief has a gun it is more likely used as threat in most cases and no further threat is required because when a gun is displayed it is implied that you will die if it is used..from the thief's stand point it also carries much more serious penalties if used, especially if death occurs..

But if someone popped out with a screw driver I wonder how many times that would result in confrontation, injury and serious injury or possibly even death such as in these cases..or additionally does the thief just ambush the victim and inflict bodily harm knowing they might run into opposition if they approach it any other way?..

certainly gives one pause for thought.. I think when viewing crime statistics such as :80 people per day dying" it is necessary to distinguish between gang type or organized crime and the average criminal mugging as the gang and organized type of crime is immune to gun control laws as every thing they do is already outside the law anyway and they see no greater risk in owning guns illegally and will continue to do so regardless of any anti-gun laws..

Originally Posted by Texpat

BTW, I'm not a gun fan.

Me neither but they'll have to pry my screw driver from my cold dead hand.

Sounds like a scene out of basic instinct, but with a screwdriver instead of an ice pick.

Just another psychopath on the loose. Skittles will never be the same again.

skittles is them little colored candys ain't they?

Originally Posted by blackgang

skittles is them little colored candys ain't they?

No it's a game similar to ten pin bowling that has been played in England for over 700 years

Well fuck all, I bet there ain't many of the original players around anymore then is there?