Axe Charges Dropped Against Sisters Accused Of Targeting Family

L to R: Josephine & Barbara McFadyen

Two young sisters, accused of going to a rival family's home to attack them with an axe, had the charges against them dropped today.

Barbara McFadyen, 20, and Josephine McFadyen, 23, of Hounslow Road, Hanworth, Feltham, Middlesex appeared at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court.

They were accompanied by a large group of relatives.

The Crown Prosecution Service had no option but to offer no evidence when their witnesses failed to appear.

The sisters were both charged with aggravated burglary at an address in Starling Walk, Hampton on November 4, last year when after entering the property as trespassers they attempted to inflict grievous bodily harm upon multiple members of the Pender family while armed with an axe.

They each faced an alternative charge of attempted aggravated burglary.

Both sisters pleaded not guilty to the charges.