Hempstead

[hemp-sted, hem-]

noun

1. a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.

Example Sentences

Essex Coroner's Court heard how Samuel West, Ms Hempstead's partner who witnessed the incident, told police she got "caught in the crossfire" after throwing the McDonald's chicken nugget in the air for her pomeranian and rottweiler-mastiff crossbreed, who went to snap at the smaller dog.

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Ms Hempstead was bitten around her left armpit and upper arm, which severed an artery and a vein, and she went on to suffer multi-organ failure, the inquest was told.

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In a letter read out to the court, Ms Hempstead's mother Karen described her daughter as "loving, resilient, not afraid to speak her mind, hard working, caring, extremely brave, resourceful, generous".

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Michelle Hempstead, 34, died hours after a single bite from her dog at her flat in Southend-on-Sea in July 2024.

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"You didn't have to worry about him with anything, he wasn't vicious in any way, shape or form," he told the court, adding that Ms Hempstead occasionally fed Trigg food from her mouth.

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