An ambulance worker who texted ‘oppsie xx’ to her friend after trying to kill her boss with a hammer has been jailed for 20 years.
Stacey Smith, 46, lurked outside her manager’s home to try and ambush her with a hammer.
Her boss had a narrow escape in the ‘unprovoked and frenzied hammer attack’ in Dukinfield, Tameside, on November 11 last year.
Smith, of Ascot Street, was ‘filled with rage after a prolonged row’ over her work shift rota.
The attack happened in the morning when Smith knew her manager was getting ready to leave for work, Greater Manchester Police said following her sentencing at Manchester Crown Court today.
She arrived at her house at 5.30am before lunging on the woman armed with a hammer.
Smith hit her victim over the head with the hammer, screaming she was ‘going to kill her,’ the force said.
The victim sustained a serious head injury and broke …