Summary
SOPHIE Lancaster was beaten so badly that those who came to her aid could not tell what sex she was. Horrified paramedics discovered the 20-year-old had been kicked so hard that the pattern on the sole of one of her assailants' boot was clearly visible on her face. Witnesses say the gentle art student was kicked in the head "like a football" during the brutal, sustained assault in a Lancashire skate park. She fell into a coma and died in hospital 13 days later.
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A Light in the Dark
Her killers, Ryan Herbert, 16, and Brendan Harris, 15, had no motive other than Sophie was a goth. To them, she was a black-clad weirdo who needed to be taught a lesson. Her boyfriend Robert Maltby, another goth, was also knocked unconscious by the drunken thugs.
If Herbert and Harris thought they were helping eradicate a sub- culture which they despised, they were wrong; Sophie's funeral became a gothic celebration of her short life. Robert proudly wore black bat wings throughout the ceremony. Mourners sang her favouri...See the full content of this document
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