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Apple Store Employees Ignored Cries for Help as Murder Took Place Next Door

Posted January 31, 2012 at 4:50pm by iClarified · 17538 views
Montgomery County Circuit Judge Robert Greenberg had angry words for Apple Store employees who ignored cries for help as a murder took place in the store next door, reports ifoAppleStore.

Brittany Norwood, an employee of Lululemon, was caught stealing a pair of yoga pants after-hours by co-worker Jayna Murray. She then attacked Murray inflicting at least 330 wounds with various objects.

Bethesda Row Apple Store employees heard the attack taking place next door. In testimony during the trial, manager Jana Svrzo admitted that they heard someone screaming, "Oh, god, please help me." However, none of the employees including Svrzo inquired next door or called the police.

In an effort to cover up her crime, Norwood tied herself up, wounded herself slightly, and told police that two men had robbed the store and killed Murray.

Greenberg sentenced Norwood to life in prison without parole calling her "cold-blooded... brutal... calculated... deliberate... devious... malicious."

During his sentencing speech, Greenberg said, "The callous indifference of those Apple store employees. They did not do a blessed thing."

Neither Apple nor the Bethesda Row Apple Store has offered an apology or sympathies to the victim's family.

[via iPhoneSavior]