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Sacked care worker smashed elderly couple's door to rob them in terrifying crime spree
Both headlines describe a care worker's crime spree, but one emphasizes the act of smashing a door while the other highlights a specific, violent detail and the jail sentence.
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What happenedEdiongseyene Essien has now been handed a lengthy jail sentence for his crimes against former patients, which took place after he was suspended as a care worker in Liverpool.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Sacked care worker smashed elderly couple's door to rob them in terrifying crime spree". The right frames it as "Sacked care worker jailed for 8 years afte kicking blind wheelchair user in burglary spree".
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Left / center-leftSacked care worker smashed elderly couple's door to rob them in terrifying crime spree
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Right / center-rightSacked care worker jailed for 8 years afte kicking blind wheelchair user in burglary spree
Sacked care worker smashed elderly couple's door to rob them in terrifying crime spree
smashedterrifying crime spree
Ediongseyene Essien has now been handed a lengthy jail sentence for his crimes against former patients, which took place after he was suspended as a care worker in Liverpool
Sacked care worker jailed for 8 years afte kicking blind wheelchair user in burglary spree
jailed for 8 yearskicking blind wheelchair user
Essien broke into the homes of four elderly and disabled victims the day after he was suspended from work, even smashing down the back door of a terrified couple aged in their 80s and helpi...
