Short0:31Alley off London Road, Greenhithe, Kent, UK · 1993Murder of Sophie Lancaster
SOLVEDStubbylee Park, Bacup, Lancashire, England0:36
Sophie Lancaster, 20, was beaten into a coma alongside her boyfriend Robert Maltby by a group of teenagers in Stubbylee Park, Bacup, on 11 August 2007, reportedly because the couple were dressed as goths. She died of her injuries thirteen days later; two of the attackers were convicted of her murder.
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Lancaster died thirteen days after being beaten into a coma defending her boyfriend. Sophie Lancaster, 20, was beaten into a coma alongside her boyfriend Robert Maltby by a group of teenagers in Stubbylee Park, Bacup, on 11 August 2007, reportedly because the couple were dressed as goths. She died of her injuries thirteen days later; two of the attackers were convicted of her murder. The case has a documented resolution. The full case file is on casepin dot org.
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