“A 15-year-old boy kicked and stamped to death a woman because she was dressed as a Goth, a court heard. The drunk teenager was among a gang of five who ‘savagely and mercilessly’ attacked Sophie Lancaster, 20, and her boyfriend, Preston Crown Court heard.
Miss Lancaster was begging the gang to stop beating Robert Maltby, 21, when they turned on her in Stubbylee Park in Bacup, Lancashire, the jury was told. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, denies murder. At an earlier hearing a 16-year-old boy, who was aged 15 at the time of the attack, admitted Miss Lancaster’s murder and admitted attacking Mr Maltby.
The accused, and four other youths, two aged 17 and one 16, have already pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm to Mr Maltby. The court heard Miss Lancaster’s facial injuries were so severe, paramedics did not know what sex she was. Tests indicated she had been kicked and stamped to death, with the pattern of some footwear still on her head. Miss Lancaster, a gap-year student, died two weeks after the attack.”
(via Religion News Blog)
March 13, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Yeah, see.. that is why I carry a gun. I am not a goth, but if I was I would still carry one. And I would have shot every one of this dick sucking pricks. I don’t think you can carry guns in Britain, which is a shame.
And that would have made a far better news story. You think they would have covered that all over Cable news in the US? Yes, yes.
March 14, 2008 at 6:35 am
I carry around candy for the same reasons. It’s a universal peace maker.
March 17, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I wear good running shoes for the same reason.