Mass violence spreads as emos march for peace
Thu 27 Mar, 2008
this is rediculous whoever is doing this should read all the stories that have been in the news about an English girl called Sophie Lanchaster . she got kicked to death because she was a goth . people need to look under the clothes and makeup and the music and see people for who they are and not what they look like .the world is really turning into a horrible place to be everyone who picks on somebody because they arnt the same as you should be ashamed (here is 2 articals about sophie R.I.P) 1. Rock fans Sophie Lancaster and her boyfriend Robert Maltby were the victims of an unprovoked attack in Bacups Stubbylee Park in the early hours of August 11 2007. According to reports in the Metro newspaper, as Sophie and Robert walked through the park, a gang of five boys (aged between 15-17) whom Lancaster and Maltby had earlier been talking with, suddenly turned into a 'pack of wild animals' and began kicking and stamping on Roberts head. They then began to attack Lancaster, as she tried to protect her head.New evidence has now recently come to the attention of the jury working on the case, in the form of a 999 call, made by a hysterical teenager who witnessed the attack.As the girl explains the situation, an unknown voice can be heard shouting "Oy, get the f*** off him now!" and another voice says "He's on the floor man, he's practically f***ing dead". The girl caller explains the injuries to the operator, and he tells her to stem the blood flow. When it doesn't appear to be working the girl says "It's all over their hands, all coming out of their eyes, all out their nose and everything. Please just help us quick. They're just laid there will blood all over their face, they can't even move, they just look like dummies."Paramedics say that Sophie was beaten so badly, that they could not tell what sex she was. Sophie died 14 days later, aged just 20, when her family decided to turn off her life support machine, after being told by doctors that there was no chance of recovery. Maltby managed to make one last emotional visit to see Sophie before her parents made the decision.Michael Shorrock QC said that, "the gang had turned on the young couple in the park in Lancaster simply because they were goths and dressed differently." Both Sophie and Robert's family, who say that the couple were often singled out because of their clothing and body piercings, share a similar view.According to a Lancashire news report, two of the attackers are remanded in custody, the other three are on bail. Metro reveals that one boy aged 15, denies the murder, saying he took no part in it, however, The Times are reporting that a 16-year-old has admitted to taking part in the manslaughter of Sophie.The case continues2. A Preston court has found two teenage boys guilty of murdering a 20-year-old rock fan in a Lancashire park. In the early hours of August 11, 2007, 20-year-old Sophie Lancaster was kicked to death by a gang of drunken teens in an unprovoked, brutal attack on her and her boyfriend, Robert Maltby, 21.Preston Crown Court were told the gang of five teenagers involved in the attack were said to be drinking heavily before the assault and behaved "like a pack of wild animals".The gang attacked the couple from Bacup, Lancashire, because they dressed differently, kicking and punching Lancaster before stamping on Maltby's head until he was unconscious.Lancaster died two weeks after sustaining injuries so horrific that paramedics called to the scene could not tell if she was male or female. Maltby has still not fully recovered from his appalling injuries.Brendan Harris, 15, and Ryan Herbert, 16, were found guilty of murder, while three other boys, two aged 17 and one 16, have admitted assault and await sentencing on April 28. "I want them to suffer forever," Maltby said of the gang after the court hearing on March 27. "She should have run off and left me to die. I think that whatever happens to them can never be as bad as what I want to happen. I want them to never stop suffering for what they have done. I want it to be a life-long thing."Now I wake up in the morning and I'm on my own," he concluded. "It feels like someone nicked my entire life. I always thought there was one person for everyone. If mine's gone, what am I going to do now?"Judge Anthony Russell QC said Harris and Herbert will receive life sentences. "I am convinced Sophie was killed simply because of the way she looked," he said. "She did not conform to the ideals of those who took her life. We need to show respect, compassion and tolerance for those whose culture differs from our own."A memorial fund has been set up in Sophie's name. Details can be found at www.myspace.com/inmemoryofsophie. "The aims of the fund will be to provide a lasting legacy to raise awareness of the injustice perpetrated against Sophie and to work towards a more tolerant, less violent society," says her mother Sylvia Lancaster.
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