'Two teenagers were jailed for life today for murdering a young woman
in a park because she was dressed as a Goth.
Sophie Lancaster, 20, was kicked and stamped to death as she begged
the pair to stop beating her boyfriend in Bacup, Lanca****re, last
August.
She stepped in to protect him, but while cradling his head in her lap,
she received a kick in the head that was similar to a footballer
=93volleying=94 a ball. She was then kicked and stamped to death by
Herbert and Harris in the attack on August 11 last year
Detectives investigating the murder described as appalling the conduct
of the defendants and their families throughout the criminal
proceedings. Harris and his mother were said to have been =93laughing
and joking=94 when they were first interviewed about the assaults.
Both the teenage killers had been drinking heavily on night of the
attack.'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3834296.ece
