Memorial concert for Goth victim
BBC News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
A concert is planned in memory of the murdered Lancashire woman Sophie Lancaster.
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A very public death
Heresy Corner (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
The murder of Sophie Lancaster and its effects This is a Guest Post by James Rattue . As with other criminal cases which catch media attention, the murder of Sophie Lancaster has resurfaced several times after the original event – the beginning of the trial, the convictions of her teenage killers, their sentencing, and, on Wednesday 29th October, the result of their appeals: a reduction in the case...
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'Goth murderer''s jail sentence reduced
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Ryan Herbet, who in March was convicted of murdering Lancashire resident Sophie Lancaster in what was dubbed a 'goth killing', has had his murder sentence reduced.
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Night Jack - English Detective (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Funny isn’t it seeing the big men of the playground gangs running for cover whenever an unexpected dose of real prison is in the offing. Take the deeply unpleasant quintet convicted and sentenced for their parts in kicking and stamping Sophie Lancaster to death after savagely beating her partner Robert Maltby. The main men, Ryan [...]
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Sophie Lancaster's Murderers are appealing.
The Yorksher Gob (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
I have to admit, it's been ten years or so since I did criminal law, but I seem to recall that appeals to the Court of Appeal can result in increased sentences, as well as decreased ones. Anyone more up to date than me care to confirm or deny? Because these bastards deserve to be punished to the full extent of the law. They killed someone, and they gave someone else physical and mental scars that...
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UK: Goths march for tolerance in memory of hate crime victim Sophie Lancaster
Religion News Blog (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Goths in England have marched in memory of Sophie Lancaster, a young woman who was murdered simply for the way she looked. She was brutally attacked along with her boyfriend, Robert Maltby, while walking through a park near Manchester almost a year ago. The couple wore gothic fashion and were members of the goth subculture.
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Goth killers' appeal bid
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
THE mother of murdered Goth Sophie Lancaster has spoken of her shock after her daughter's killers were granted leave to appeal their sentences.
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Judges Not Fooled
Night Jack - English Detective (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Some judges are good at telling it like it is. For me the gold standard of straight judges remains HHJ Anthony Russell QC at the Sophie Lancaster Murder sentencing. It went like this Harris’s lawyer Andrew O’Byrne, said that the 15-year-old felt remorse for what had happened but Judge Russell interrupted and said that in recent [...]
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Brutal attack of goths Robert Maltby and Sophie Lancaster unite supporters around the world
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
On 11 August 2007 young goths Robert Maltby and Sophie Lancaster were brutally attacked by a teenage gang ... a year on, Mark Hodkinson investigates the tragic death of the girl who dared to be different
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Sophie's legacy of love
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
A CAMPAIGN set up in memory of murdered goth Sophie Lancaster has gone global.
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S.O.P.H.I.E.
AlsyBlog (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
It's been a while since I've posted here. Real life gets busy and all that. This week I heard from a friend about S.O.P.H.I.E. a memorial campaign set up by the family of Sophie Lancaster, a young goth girl who...
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I can't let my Sophie die in vain: Mother of 'feral gang' victim speaks out
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
Sophie Lancaster died in a coma after being beaten by a gang in an unprovoked attack.
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I can't let my Sophie die in vain: Mother of 'feral gang' victim goes to war against 'feckless parenting'
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
Just days after a haunting picture of Sophie Lancaster in a coma was released, she was dead, having been beaten by a gang in an unprovoked attack. Here her mother reveals why she is going to war against the feckless parenting she blames for the tragedy.
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Sophie's killiers to appeal
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 13/06/2008
THE teenage killers of Sophie Lancaster, who was beaten to death for being a Goth, have lodged an appeal against their sentence. Brendan Harris and Ryan Herbert were sentenced in April for the murder of gap-year student Sophie, from Bacup.
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Goth killers appeal sentence
The Sun (Free subscription) | 13/06/2008
TWO teens jailed for brutal murder of Sophie Lancaster lodge appeal
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