Three jailed for forcing man to fall 100ft to his death

A 17-year-old girl and two men have been jailed for "bullying to death" a vulnerable man in Cornwall.

Steven Hoskin, 38, of St Austell, was tortured and then taken to a viaduct and forced to hang from railings.



Sarah Bullock, who stamped on his hands causing him to fall 100ft to his death, was detained for 10 years for murder.

Her boyfriend and gang leader Darren Stewart, 30, was jailed for at least 25 years for murder. Martin Pollard, 21, was given eight years for manslaughter.



All three, who are from St Austell, had pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and Pollard and Stewart had pleaded guilty to false imprisonment. The girl was also convicted of false imprisonment.

The judge also expressed "grave disquiet" that the gang had lived in Mr Hoskin's flat for 15 months without the knowledge of Cornwall social services department.

With news video.