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A woman has been found guilty of manslaughter after a shopper was killed following a row over queue jumping.A woman has been found guilty of manslaughter after a shopper was killed following a row over queue jumping.
Antonette Richardson, 37, from Catford, south-east London, denied the charge after her boyfriend Tony Virasami hit shopper Kevin Tripp. Antonette Richardson, 37, from Catford, south-east London, denied the charge. Her boyfriend Tony Virasami hit Kevin Tripp when she called him to the store.
Mr Tripp, 57, suffered a fatal brain injury when he was punched in the Sainsbury's store in Merton, on June 2008, Southwark Crown Court heard. Mr Tripp, 57, suffered a fatal brain injury when he was punched in Sainsbury's in Merton, in June 2008, Southwark Crown Court heard.
Virasami, who admitted manslaughter, was called to the store by Richardson. Virasami had admitted manslaughter at an earlier hearing.
'The wrong person' 'Wrong person'
Ms Richardson had been accused of pushing in front of the queue, by fellow shopper Adrian Prendergast, as she went to buy a packet of cigarettes. Richardson, from Sedgehill Road, had been accused of pushing in front of the queue by fellow shopper Adrian Prendergast as she went to buy a packet of cigarettes.
Shortly afterwards she phoned Virasami, who was waiting in a car nearby and came into the store, and she pointed out Mr Prendergast. She phoned Virasami, who was waiting in a car nearby and when he came into the store, she pointed out Mr Prendergast.Antonette Richardson denied manslaughter. Photo: Central News
However, Virasami mistook Mr Tripp as the person who shouted at his girlfriend and punched him. However, Virasami, who lived with Richardson, mistook Mr Tripp for the person who shouted at his girlfriend, and punched him.
Ms Richardson told the court she was "shocked" and "disgusted" when her boyfriend hit "the wrong person". Richardson told the court she was shocked and disgusted when her boyfriend hit the wrong person.
Mr Tripp, an ME sufferer who had a five-year-old daughter, died shortly afterwards in hospital. Mr Tripp, from Colliers Wood in south-west London - an ME sufferer who had a five-year-old daughter - died shortly afterwards in hospital.
Michael Worsley QC, prosecuting, said Virasami landed "the most almighty blow" on the victim, causing him to fall over and bang his head hard on the floor.
CCTV footage of the incident was shown to the jury.