Killed for flicking ash on the floor

A woman accused of murdering a teenager and hiding his body in the loft said her boyfriend killed him after she blamed the victim for flicking ash on the floor, a court heard. Gary Hopkins, 37, and Stacy Docherty, 28, allegedly bludgeoned Abdi Ali, 17, with a hammer and stabbed him to death. They were showered with blood as they pushed the body up into the loft where it lay hidden in their loft for eight months. Docherty’s former friend…