Age: 19
Sex: female
Date: 24 Feb 1992
Place: Teeside
Stephanie Dorman was stabbed by her boyfriend during a fight with another man during a row over a taxi.
Her boyfriend was tried for her murder and manslaughter but acquitted.
The prosecution said that it was a case of transferred malice as he had clearly intended to cause the man he was fighting serious harm.
The boyfriends father died from a heart attack two days after hearing of the news.
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see Newcastle Journal - Saturday 30 January 1993
see Newcastle Journal - Monday 24 February 1992