SHE lived on her own, her life ravaged by alcoholism. Angela Wrightson was 5ft 4ins and weighed just six-and-a-half stone when she met her death at the hands of two deeply troubled teen girls who took advantage of her vulnerability.

But the report released yesterday paints a picture of a complex character with serious alcohol issues, a personality disorder, and questionable capacity to make decisions.

She also made two allegations of serious sexual assault in the years leading up to her death as her home was taken over by drug addicts, sex workers, and fellow alcoholics.

One of those sex attacks was by a man who neighbours believed to be her boyfriend, who died not long afterwards of an alcohol-related illness.

Another was reported by Miss Wrightson but not progressed by police because she was seen as being unreliable, and was intoxicated when she made the report.

She had 175 criminal convictions, and was the first person to receive an "alcohol Asbo" banning her from buying liquor in Hartlepool.

In the two years leading up to her death there were a staggering 472 reported police incidents involving Miss Wrightson – 219 from herself, and others made by people concerned about her behaviour.

Miss Wrightson, who lived in Hartlepool but was originally from Darlington, was lonely. She was under the care of social services, with a worker who visited her to try to ensure her money went on food and necessities rather than on alcohol.

And she had lived a life which was described as "chaotic", with several spells in prison.

Yesterday's serious case review into the events leading up to Miss Wrightson's death showed a woman who was constantly in contact with different agencies.

She grew up in care, separately from her siblings, and started drinking as a child. She was diagnosed with "emotionally unstable borderline personality disorder" and was under the care of mental health teams.

The report says: "She told professionals her childhood, which was spent in a different town in the North-East region, was unhappy and traumatic and the happiest and safest she had felt in her life was during the periods she had been in prison."

Her landlord told agencies that he believed Miss Wrightson needed 24 hour care and that she was a danger to herself.

But the review found that the mental health team at the time did not have access to an addictions consultant, and had not done since 2011.

She was sectioned under the mental health act at one point, but was released on appeal.

In a report written in 2012 asking the Primary Care Trust for help, social workers said: "(Angela) has a significant trauma history and is a particularly vulnerable individual.

"Her alcohol consumption seems to serve as a coping mechanism for her distress, yet increases her vulnerability to further exploitation and abuse. Her current social situation suggests she is at continued high risk of abuse and exploitation."

She had "poor cognitive capacity" due to heavy alcohol use and a poor diet, and at one point she was on course to be treated as an inpatient in Bradford but it did not come to fruition, something which had a "significant impact" on Miss Wrightson. By the time another placement was arranged she did not want to go for treatment.

She could be aggressive when in drink, and sometimes got into fights. Miss Wrightson, known to her family as "Angie", was known locally as "Alco Ange" due to her habit of drinking at least nine litres of strong cider each day.

While the outside world dismissed her as simply an alcoholic, Miss Wrightson was so much more. She was a lost soul, who preferred the routine of being in prison rather than outside, and found pleasure in being given jobs to do while inside.

She loved animals, and could be kind-hearted and generous, buying neighbours' children bars of chocolate when she went to the shop for alcohol. She kept her home neat and tidy, and the few possessions she had showed she was house proud.

While her behaviour could be erratic when she was drinking, she was desperate for company. She was known for hoax calling the emergency services, particularly the ambulance service, and often called her landlord with fictional problems around the house.

Her neighbour said she would sometimes cry and say she had no family, and claim she had no electricity, or something was broken, just to get her around to the house.

Others said they remembered Miss Wrightson sitting on her doorstep chatting to people, and would invite people in.

But from October 2012, yesterday's report found, she complained about young people pressing her to buy them alcohol and cigarettes. Neighbours, her landlord, and local police community support officers (PSCOs) often helped her clear her home of people she did not want there, and who would not leave.

However she was"not seen as a victim at that time". The issues were complex, because she would sometimes invite people into her home.

It emerged she would shave her head and often sleep rough to escape the people using her home, as a brothel, a drug den, or a place to drink. Two sex workers were found to be using her home for paid sex, and in January 2014 she told her health worker she was giving people money to stay away from her house.

She called the youngsters who came round to her house "schoolies", and said they were "tormenting" her.

In the months before her death she had her front windows smashed, items stolen, and just a month before her death youngsters let themselves into her home and wrecked it, covering her with food, which caused her "great distress" because she was house proud.

Her street was described as a crime and disorder hotspot.

It is not a surprise that the two young girls, having absconded from their care home and looking to get "mortled", used Miss Wrightson's home to serve their purposes.

No-one really knows why the attack started that night, but we can assume there was some sort of drunken argument and the girls, fuelled by both alcohol and drugs, began their brutal assault.

Defence barrister Jamie Hill QC said in court, that December night was "just a terrible moment in history when these three people collided in the most appalling and tragic way".