From The Times 12th March: A drunken 15-year-old boy kicked and stamped a young woman to death because she was dressed as a Goth, a court heard today.
The teenager was part of a five-strong gang, who acted “like a pack of wild animals” as they “savagely and mercilessly” attacked Sophie Lancaster, 20, and her boyfriend, a jury was told.
The boy, whose trial for murder began today at Preston Crown Court, was accused of starting the violence, with a flying kick to the head of Robert Maltby, Miss Lancaster's 21-year-old boyfriend.
The jury heard that the gang, “encouraging each other and laughing”, then punched, stamped and jumped on the art student's head until he was unconscious.
The teenager was part of a five-strong gang, who acted “like a pack of wild animals” as they “savagely and mercilessly” attacked Sophie Lancaster, 20, and her boyfriend, a jury was told.
The boy, whose trial for murder began today at Preston Crown Court, was accused of starting the violence, with a flying kick to the head of Robert Maltby, Miss Lancaster's 21-year-old boyfriend.
The jury heard that the gang, “encouraging each other and laughing”, then punched, stamped and jumped on the art student's head until he was unconscious.