"I want them to suffer forever..."

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.

Posted by Dan at 02:57PM | March 28, 2008

;_;

People need to stop judging others by how they dress...

Posted by Feeohnah | March 28, 2008 3:08 PM | Reply to this

i hate teenagers

no offence but all teens that arnt emo or goth think that they r all that but they r lil spoilt brats that wear designer crap. just because there r different ppl they think they can be harsh to them, as u know im 11 cuz i hate teenagers

Posted by emoebony | March 28, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply to this

i hate teenagers

your an idiot, we can tel your 11 by the immature comment you made.

"just because there r different ppl they think they can be harsh to them" your right that shouldnt happen but "all teens that arnt emo or goth" is ather closed minded.

Posted by combatjohnny | March 29, 2008 7:13 PM | Reply to this

common sense

i'm not being funny or anything but people will always judge others on how they dress.

and lets not forget - if u dress radically DIFFERENTLY, then you will most likely be treated DIFFERENTLY too.

sad but true, thats just the way of the world.

Posted by chuck | March 28, 2008 3:33 PM | Reply to this

I agree that they should be made to suffer forever.

Let's hope that the life sentences they get actually MEAN life and not 20 years. It's a pity we live in such a supposedly civilised society. In Roman times they would have been thrown to the lions.

Posted by Patrick Bateman | March 28, 2008 3:46 PM | Reply to this

RE: I agree that they should be made to suffer forever.

Hear, hear.

And it's a pity that narrow-mindedness extends to this far. It is true, people will ALWAYS judge/be judged on how they dress, but this is completely extreme.

Posted by Caitlin | March 28, 2008 7:36 PM | Reply to this

RE: I agree that they should be made to suffer forever.

Hear, hear.

And it's a pity that narrow-mindedness extends to this far. It is true, people will ALWAYS judge/be judged on how they dress, but this is completely extreme.

Posted by Caitlin | March 28, 2008 7:36 PM | Reply to this

They shud die very painfully...

They r evil little bratz finkin it'z funni 2 beat people jst coz they dnt wht 2 bi a clown of every1 else out there on the streetz. I relli feel sorri 4 her familly,friendz n her boifriend. The people shud bi thrown into tht deathrow thing.

Posted by Hannah | March 29, 2008 2:26 PM | Reply to this

This is really sad! :(

I read this the other day from a myspace bulletin and its really sad and stupid that someone would kill another innocent person purely on the way they dressed is just horrific.

What happened to the days of treating everyone as equals?!
In situations like this, we need the death sentence back.

Posted by Roo | March 28, 2008 3:51 PM | Reply to this

just think about it...

What happened to the days of treating everyone as equals??? LOL! r u 4 real? :|

like in the days of slavery and crusades? :D

Posted by chuck | March 28, 2008 4:02 PM | Reply to this

music is the problem

before i say this i want to say that i hope that guy is ok and finds some one else

also sophie lancaster RIP

but you see even ppl who are nearly the same fight and have wars about the way ppl look like for example

emos and metalheads hate eachother

punks and mods hate eachother

you get what i meaan

so chavs and ppl who have no consideration and tro be honest the world will never change no matter what we do or want to do

it will always be prejudice and violence will always end it

it has done since the begining of time and will carry on untill we are gone

no matter what anyone does

Posted by Dev | March 28, 2008 4:10 PM | Reply to this

Sophie

The Blackout Speak Out About Hate Crime!
Right, most of you that live in the UK must have already heard the story about Sophie Lancaster, and how she was tragically killed last year.

sophie and her boyfriend were walking home after a night out, when they were set apon by a gang of boys and both beaten into coma's just for being "Goths". Sophie did not survive this attack.

yesterday, two boys were found guilty of the assaults, and are awaiting life sentences!

its these acts of violence that we, like you as well, want to get rid of in today's society, especially against people that "look a little different"!

so we are asking if you could go to MySpace.com - Sophie - 21 - Weiblich - UK - www.myspace.com/inmemoryofsophie
add as a friend and give your support to sophies family and friends, either via a comment or a message.

also, if you go here, Petition to: Widen the definition of 'Hate Crime', to include crimes committed against a person or persons, on the basis of their appearance or subcultural interests. and sign the petition to try and stop crimes of this nature happening again.

this is something that most people into our music, or other alternative genres, suffer a lot, and it is time to put a stop to it.

even we, as grown men, still get all sorts of abuse from ignorant idiots who cannot respect other peoples way of life.

It's time to put a stop to this, and stick together.

stay safe, and thank you

The Blackout

the link for the petition is on the Backouts myspace blog myspace.com/theblackout

Posted by nvrgrwoldnvrdie | March 28, 2008 4:52 PM | Reply to this

Sophie Lancaster

We were shown clips of the news at school. Hopefully, this will prevent such a thing happening in the future.
Love and thoughts going out to all of Sophie's friends and family

Posted by Tommii | March 28, 2008 4:57 PM | Reply to this

sad fact

its awful that chavs like these seem to think that thy can target specific sectors of society as if they were a lower species. the sad fact of life is obviously that people will not always see eye to eye, and sophie is testament to this

Posted by richinit | March 28, 2008 4:58 PM | Reply to this

Sophie

This meaningless hatred, based on nothing more than pathetic, aesthetic connotations about goths (and many other 'groups' for that matter) is just mad. Music is music, clothes are clothes, at the end of the day to think of goths as 'evil' and the like and then to do something this callous is just mindblowngly ignorant. I fear that these sort of horrific acts will mean the end of self-expression for a lot of people.
RIP Sophie.

Posted by shesinbloombeneathablackholesun | March 28, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply to this

angered

i've always stood up for being unique, just because she was different, different than those other kids, means she should have been killed and her boyfriend brutally attacked? I'm absolutely discusted by this, how can someone kill another human, on just the way they dress. I don't think they should be let off because they were drunk when they done it, they best be sent down for life. It's just angered me so much.
My respects go out to Sophies boyfriend, friends and family.
xxx

Posted by Hannah | March 28, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply to this

angered

Posted by Hannah | March 28, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply to this

angered

Posted by Hannah | March 28, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply to this

Fucking hell

Abusing somebody for the way they dress is just as bad as racial abuse or any other kind of discrimination.
The way we choose to dress should not trigger such shallow and violent reactions in people and shows that as a society, we need to promote more equality for everyone no matter who they choose to be (with the exception of these chav neanderthals, they can burn alive for all i care).
.

We have to stop boxing off "goths", "emos" and "punks" as being wierd and accept all aspects of culture.

Posted by Holly | March 28, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply to this

RE: Fucking hell

"The way we choose to dress should not trigger such shallow and violent reactions in people" Yes, I agree.

"with the exception of these chav neanderthals, they can burn alive for all i care" What the fuck? You have just completely contradicted yourself. Emos, goths, chavs, preps, idie kids, WHATEVER. We're all equal, we're all human. emos/goths etc are not better or worse than chavs/preps. How can you say you promote eqaulity and then say you hate chavs just because of the way they dress or act because it is different to the way you do?

Yes, people have to stop boxing off goths, emos punks, but also chavs and preps etc.

Posted by Claire | April 1, 2008 10:59 PM | Reply to this

Hmm

I already knew about this story but this article actually made me feel somewhat sick.

There are some horrific little shits in the world.

Posted by Tim | March 28, 2008 5:22 PM | Reply to this

The world is screwed and we all know it, but retaliation isn't the answer.

If one faction turns against another, if we are fuled by hate and anger, it we drewl for the blood of those who stand against us we'll never go anywhere. Why can't we love each other, work together look for the good in one another rather than hating all the time.

If we speant more time trying to understand and appreciate what makes us different, what makes us individuals, then we might all be better off!

The world is full of difference, and we all love it in the natural world, so why can't we love it between one another!?

We judge on looks as a society, can't we move on to something new!

Posted by Toby | March 28, 2008 5:25 PM | Reply to this

I never expected this kind of response from Kerrang readers... then again, you guys don't seem to be the ones on all the other articles attacking the emo kids.

Posted by Joyce | March 28, 2008 5:44 PM | Reply to this

oh my god. People can be so sick and naive. It's sad and appalling to see news like this.

even how much u find somebody weird/different/anti-social, u dun have to murder. u just do ur own things well, always be retrospective. my thought is, that if ur being nice to people, people will be nice to u too. corny/naive may be, but thinking like that makes ur life happier.

Posted by hill | March 28, 2008 5:49 PM | Reply to this

Just Horrible

God, It's Scary To Think It Was A 15 Year Old That Did It.
It Was A "Chav" Too!

Its Like They Have No Consideration For People and Think That People Who Don't Wear Trackies/Burberry Are Weird, Its Like The Whole World Has Become A Critic To Other People, Why Not Get To Know The People You Don't Like Instead Of Violently Killing Them... It's A Pathetic Thing To Do It Is, Stereotypes Are Stupid

R.I.P SOPHIE

Posted by Laura | March 28, 2008 5:50 PM | Reply to this

RIP sophie

rest in peace sophie!
these kind of attacks make me so angry. i expect the c**ts were chavs and i am so glad they are put in prison. I hope they rot in hell and we will all pray for you sophie.

Posted by jboy | March 28, 2008 5:51 PM | Reply to this

i think chavs just want to rule the world because they think they are better then everybody else THEY'RE NOT! i am a punk rocker and everybody gets on with it i don't see why chavs hate people who are like goths and that - we are all human.

R.I.P Sophie

Posted by Kerrang rules | March 28, 2008 6:00 PM | Reply to this

That's so disgusting. People are so fucking prejudiced- and why? The only thing that seperated Sophie from her murderers was music and fashion. Srsly. Is that any kind of reason to rip someone's life away? Anyone who acts like that towards someone just 'cos they have different opinons is mentally retarded.
RIP Sophie...x

Posted by Sofifi | March 28, 2008 6:09 PM | Reply to this

R.I.P Sophie

This story shocked me to my inner core. How can anybody, anywhere deem it acceptable to attack another human being purely based on the way they look,
People like these should be put to sleep themselves. No one needs such a waste of a genome bleeding our resources, using tax payers money to keep them in a cushty cell...with a television and a nice warm bed. It's absolutely disgusting.
Stupid, stupid little boys.
My heart goes out to Rob and Sophie's family and friends for having to endure such atrocities.
And to the child who declared discrimination to be everywhere, including in the alternative community. Yes there is banter between the "groups" but there is one difference....WE DON'T KILL FOR BEING DIFFERENT. The alternative community should stick together on this, and not give in. Carry on being who you are and dressing how you want too. Don't let the feeble minded idiotic cretins of society hinder this.
That goes out to the chavs as well. Be who you want to be.
Just, be respectful.
Be tolerant.

Posted by Rachel | March 28, 2008 6:17 PM | Reply to this

yeah

Rachel said: 'And to the child who declared discrimination to be everywhere, including in the alternative community. Yes there is banter between the "groups" but there is one difference....WE DON'T KILL FOR BEING DIFFERENT. The alternative community should stick together on this, and not give in'

ok read this...http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/35463

Posted by Dave | March 28, 2008 6:28 PM | Reply to this

My friends have been beaten up a number of times, unprovoked etc. When is anyone going to take responsibility for what is happening and put their foot down?
Chavs dont just beat up and sometimes, even KILL emos. They do it to anyone who says anything along the words of NO or trys to have any authority over them. Perhaps the government is trying to do something about it? Evidently its not working.
When is discrimination against appearence going to end? Beating up people who are different to you is as bad as racism and should be treated like it too.

Who said that there couldnt be competetiveness? Sometimes its healthy. But where did the pure HATRED towards other people come from? Is that the underlying problem?

Posted by Sami | March 28, 2008 7:12 PM | Reply to this

rest in peace

all my respect to Sophie,her family,boyfried and friends.
r.i.p Sophie...

Posted by Maja | March 28, 2008 7:12 PM | Reply to this

appaling

i live up the road from bacup and i feel appaled that i live in the same community as these people, i have been bullied many times from thugs and it has to come to a stop.

Posted by Anthony Wiaczek | March 28, 2008 7:18 PM | Reply to this

This story makes me feel physically sick. I saw the pictures in the paper today and read the story - it's just so so horrific and awful. Deepest condolances to Sophie's family and friends. xxx

Posted by Vikki | March 28, 2008 7:24 PM | Reply to this

Well...

Oh hi, 21st Century.

It's sickening that people think they're so righteous that they deserve to murder someone else for something so trivial as they way they dress or the music they listen to. It's people like this who have destroyed the culture in this country and made people afraid to be who the fuck they want to be and not conform to idealistic views of their peers.

The only problem is, they'll come out of prison ten time worse. Even more bigotted and moronic than before.

RIP Sophie, and my thoughts go to her family and to Robert x x x

Posted by Flora...?! | March 28, 2008 7:49 PM | Reply to this

R.I.P. Sophie

Its sickening whats happened. It was in the metro newspaper today and it was said that the parents of the chav scum who killed Sophie and attacked her boyfriend were laughing at whats happened. I don't mind goths and emos and skaters etc. one bit get along with them great but theres some emo bands I don't like I'm into all sorts of music. all chav are scum and I hope the fuckers who did this rot in hell they should get the death penalty bunch of cunts.
I hope this doesnt happen again and wish all the best in the future for Robert Maltby, and Sophie's family.

Posted by Liam | March 28, 2008 7:51 PM | Reply to this

sophie lancaster

It is good that these boys have found guilty for what they have done, but todays society is a terrible one and if true be told, these killers only have to be good in prison and keep their noses clean and will be out half way through the sentence. Not only does this show that justice in this country means nothing but it is also saying that her death means nothing. It is disgusting.

Posted by dani | March 28, 2008 8:34 PM | Reply to this

Fukin idiots¬

they should be fukin hung! no1 like her should should b fuking murdered! kill the fukin cunts!

Posted by Rach | March 28, 2008 8:42 PM | Reply to this

Stupid

Fucking chavs. Im sorry it had to be said, its blatently obvious they did it cuz they dont like people being different so they all have to be clones like them

Grrrrrrrrr they piss me off

Posted by Lady_wench | March 28, 2008 8:55 PM | Reply to this

Disgusted-ness

its totally disgusting that someone would attack someone and as a result kill them all because of the way they look. who the hell do these people think they are to decide whether or not someone should be able to live easily? i always see people geting picked on a school for wearing an mcr hoodie or a tivium hoodie and it does my head in cz the people doing are are all neds(chavs) with caked on orange face make up and well you know what i mean but i dont hear anyone saying anything to them. and i no this might sound superficial but shes a really pretty girl and looks really happy but someone decided to attack her just because of how she dressed. its lame. its worse than that. and i hate how it seems to be becoming frequent in britain.

Posted by vikvik | March 28, 2008 9:29 PM | Reply to this

It is so sad and disgusting. My heart goes out to her family and boy friend. The cunts that did it should be hung, or let in a room one by one with the boyfriend, see how tuff the little fuckers were then.

This world that we live in is so twisted and evil.

Posted by FFS! | March 28, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply to this

we are all different in our own way just because the we dress different it is our own person at the end of the day

xxx (=

my heart goes out to her boyfriend and family

Posted by Natasha | March 28, 2008 9:47 PM | Reply to this

we are all different in our own way just because the we dress different it is our own person at the end of the day

xxx (=

my heart goes out to her boyfriend and family

Posted by Natasha | March 28, 2008 9:47 PM | Reply to this

we are all different in our own way just because the we dress different it is our own person at the end of the day

xxx (=

my heart goes out to her boyfriend and family

Posted by Natasha | March 28, 2008 9:47 PM | Reply to this

we are all different in our own way just because the we dress different it is our own person at the end of the day

xxx (=

my heart goes out to her boyfriend and family

Posted by Natasha | March 28, 2008 9:47 PM | Reply to this

i like the way that chavs think they are everything, but tbh, everyone hates them, except their chavs mates, they are heartless, piece of scum,

ive also noticed, they are nothing when they are on their own, but when they out number people, they are all, 'big' and 'hard' and it makes them gangster to go around hurting/abusing people because they arnt the same,

well tbh. no-one wants to be the same as chavs, they are all pricks.

Posted by benBLANK | March 28, 2008 10:06 PM | Reply to this

I dont see why everyone can't accept everyone for what they wear- its not how people look- its how they are as a person.

Chavs have no fucking respect for anyone other than there scabby scumbag selves.
They should fucking get their heads sorted! They forget that there not the only ones who can totally smash up someone, i would if i had the fucking chance!

R.I.P Sophie Lancaster, I hope those shitheads burn in hell!

xxx

Posted by BOOMBaby.xxx | March 28, 2008 10:19 PM | Reply to this

R.I.P. Sophie

Hanging's far too good for the cunts! They deserve to suffer!
I'm a believer in 'an eye for an eye'; the boyfriend and family should be allowed to stomp on their stupid fucking skulls and then leave them to fucking rot! Bastards! And who the fuck are chavs to judge on looks/dress sense anyway? Burberry caps? Trackies tucked into the socks? Fuck off! Until you're perfect you're in no position to judge anyone!

And i agree with Dani's comment 'these killers only have to be good in prison and keep their noses clean and will be out halfway through the sentence'. Justice doesn't seem to exist anymore. Look at Jamie Bulger's killers; they're going to be deported to Australia and given new identities for THEIR safety!!! How fucked up is that!!

Posted by Nicky | March 28, 2008 10:19 PM | Reply to this

R.I.P. Sophie

Posted by Nicky | March 28, 2008 10:19 PM | Reply to this

The lads parents must also be held responsible in some way for there childrens actions... and sorry laughing and joking in court... id sentence them all to life... Meaning LIFE!...

When i take over the UK 1st think im doing is building more prisons and throwing thugs and ***holes in them.

Id punish stuff like shoplifting with 5 days in prison... i think we are to soft and teenagers have little if any respect and something drastic needs to be done.

This is just another sad story of intolerance and im sure im not alone in sharing my deepest sympathys with family and friends of Sophie!

RIP!

Posted by Dan | March 28, 2008 10:27 PM | Reply to this

anti-emo violence in mexicao

A wave of anti-emo violence has descended on Mexico.
==============================================
on March 7th 800 young people came to the city of Queretaro with the sole purpose of finding emo kids to beat up.

The anti-emo movement has propagated from message boards and social-network sites led by youths who dislike “the emo look and attitude.”

A week after the Queretaro incident, a group comprised of punks and rockabillies faced off against the emo crowd.
==============================================

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

people wanna wipe emo kidz off the face of the earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and this website has recorded a history of anti-emo sentiment...............by the very same people outraged at this goth murder!

most of you are as bad as the Chavs you despise!!!!!!!!

Posted by charlie | March 28, 2008 10:34 PM | Reply to this

sophie

come on peeps show your supportwww.myspace.com/inmemoryofsophie
http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcGV0aXRpb25zLnBtLmdvdi51ay9nb3RoLWhhdGVjcmltZXMv

Posted by nvrgrwoldnvrdie | March 29, 2008 3:55 AM | Reply to this

R.I.P Sophie Lancaster

There are some fucking horrible people in this world.

Posted by Jordan | March 29, 2008 10:36 AM | Reply to this

forgive and forget

dont be so harsh - they were drunk, i know they killed some one and really hurt someone but wot if you were them and were gettin g all this shit- just forgive them and move on.

Posted by Chrisie | March 29, 2008 10:40 AM | Reply to this

R.i.p

rip sophie
i dont mind goths cuz they dont give ya beef like when im in my town (birmingham) they dont come up to you and start they have there own part of town and when they cross your path they say fuk all but emo's i fuckin hate in my town they all come up to ya and start so i have to sort them out and chav's they piss me off aswell but really emo's are worse then chavs they come up to you and say stuff like 'oh why u wearing that band t-shirt' you dont really like them and every time i go to fuckin town there are more and more emo's plus it's funny when they want a fight with ya when they dress like there 5 with a pink bow in there hair hahaha
but RIP SOPHIE NO ONE DESSIVES TO BE BEAT UP AND KILLED FOR NO RESSON

Posted by someone | March 29, 2008 10:40 AM | Reply to this

forgive and forget

dont be so harsh - they were drunk, i know they killed some one and really hurt someone but wot if you were them and were gettin g all this shit- just forgive them and move on.

Posted by Chrisie | March 29, 2008 10:40 AM | Reply to this

forgive and forget

Forgive and Forget you say? Do you know the seriousness of all this I don't think you do . They knew what they were doing and they killed in cold blood so they deserve as much pain and punishment as possible .... I'd like to see if you'd be saying the same thing had it been one of you're relatives , did you ever think about that ?

Posted by Stevo162 | April 2, 2008 11:25 PM | Reply to this

forgive and forget

Posted by Stevo162 | April 2, 2008 11:25 PM | Reply to this

forgive and forget

Posted by Stevo162 | April 2, 2008 11:25 PM | Reply to this

Shit.

I hate all the fucking dicks who beat the shit out of people because of the way they look. I know and hear of people getting beat up all the time for being Metal, or Emo or Goth or whatever, I was with my boyfriend a few months ago when it happened to him. But no fucking person has the fucking right to kill someone because they look different. It is so fucking unfair what has happened to Sophie Lancaster, her family, friends and her boyfriend. So fucking what if they were drunk?! And yeah, we all know what kind of people did this, because we've seen them all before. People need to learn some fucking respect because it isn't even fucking funny anymore.

Posted by Shit. | March 29, 2008 1:16 PM | Reply to this

xxR.I.Pxx

This is crazy! what the world coming too?
Why carn't people see others for who they are, not what they look like?
and stop branding others emos, goths or chavs ect. its dumb and just divieds people with the way the world is right now we should be coming together not killing over stupid things like this.
R.I.P Sophiexxx

Posted by Jess | March 29, 2008 1:35 PM | Reply to this

xxR.I.Pxx

Posted by Jess | March 29, 2008 1:35 PM | Reply to this

x.R.I.P.x

That is just sad! Chavs may pick on the Scene kids,the goths,the moshers and people like that for the way they look,but they've got a seriously bad reputation even worse than before...

R.I.P Sophie! xx

Posted by ...xxx... | March 29, 2008 2:58 PM | Reply to this

R.I.P Sophie Lancaster

R.I.P Sophie Lancaster

chavy cunts hope they get everything thrown at them

Robert Maltby i hope u will fully recover from this and all the best from me and everyone in the rock world

Posted by liam neale | March 29, 2008 3:18 PM | Reply to this

R.I.P Sophie Lancaster

R.I.P Sophie Lancaster

chavy cunts hope they get everything thrown at them

Robert Maltby i hope u will fully recover from this and all the best from me and everyone in the rock world

Posted by liam neale | March 29, 2008 3:19 PM | Reply to this

chavs

everyone except chavs should be treated as equally as possible. chavs shud just all go and fuckin die

Posted by Kiz | March 29, 2008 4:04 PM | Reply to this

chavs

Here here!!!!

Posted by Nicky | March 29, 2008 5:53 PM | Reply to this

R.I.P Sophie

No one deserves this

Being "drunk" is not an excuse

R.I.P Sophie

My thoughts go out to Robert and Sophie's family and friends

xxxxxxxx

Posted by ............... | March 29, 2008 4:07 PM | Reply to this

Pointless deaths

I was absolutely shocked when i read an article on myspace about the 'emo' beatings in mexico. What would make someone to organize an attack on someone and call for there deaths just because they dress differently? What is wrong with the world?

I have been reading several memorial sites for Sophie, (the girl who was beaten for being 'goth') and everyone seems to be blaming 'chavs'. Can't you see your just as bad as them?

Labeling people and being prejudice to people because of what they like or wear, regardless if your 'chav' or 'emo' is WRONG. These sad cases in the news are not the only ones happening,

Next time you go out think? Does that chav really need you to punch them?

Posted by han | March 29, 2008 4:44 PM | Reply to this

Pointless deaths

I have been reading several memorial sites for Sophie, (the girl who was beaten for being 'goth') and everyone seems to be blaming 'chavs'. Can't you see your just as bad as them?

Labeling people and being prejudice to people because of what they like or wear, regardless if your 'chav' or 'emo' is WRONG. These sad cases in the news are not the only ones happening,

Next time you go out think? Does that chav really need you to punch them?

Posted by han | March 29, 2008 4:44 PM | Reply to this

I agree with you 100%. Labelling anyone is wrong and Sophie's charity wants to stamp out all prejudice, not just that against goths. I get labelled all the time, yet I did not realise until I read all of the stuff about Sophie on MySpace that I am just as bad because I label people as chavs, although I would never dream of hurting one. Anyway since reading about SO.P.H.I.E. I have stopped being prejudiced against chavs and am trying to persuade others to do the same. And if everybody in the world did this, where would we be? In a better world than we are now. And don't blame all chavs for what they did! It was only a few who did it, it's not as if every single chav in the world took part! So, yeah, embrace different people and appreciate them for who they really! The world is divided enough as it is, let's all unite against one thing: being prejudiced.

Posted by RIP Sophie | March 29, 2008 5:00 PM | Reply to this

R.I.P Lancaster

It's fucking disgusting, they're parents should be fucking locked up, they're just as bad as the 'kids' they fucking raised. Lancaster and her boyf weren't even doing fuck all, tbh i hope all chavs drop down dead!

Apparently the little shit's parents were jeering in court? That's just fucking twisted!

R.I.P Sophie

Posted by Yasmin | March 29, 2008 6:07 PM | Reply to this

Dirty Chav Bastards

These little pikey pricks deserve to be in prison their whole lives, what they did was totally unprovoked and unacceptable.

Too bad our government are too pussy to make proper punishments for murderer scum.

If I had it my way they would be hung in public for people to see, that'd help reduce murder rates.

Posted by will | March 29, 2008 6:18 PM | Reply to this

Dirty Chav Bastards

i kind of agree with you there

i agree witht the fact we should bring back the death penelty for murders such as this

that wou;d certainly stop things like this happening

but you named your coment DIRTY CHAV BASSTARDS

wich i don't agree with becuase there are a few cunt5s like these few

but i know a lot of chavs and sometimes peev and go out with them and they feel the exact same about this as we do

they cudnt beleive when i told them

so leave that cult along man

wasnt that when chavs got stabbed of metalheads

soo just leave them alone

but as for these unforgiving cunts hang them by the balls then cut there arms and legs off whilst in the elctric chair and whilst all this is happening near the end slit there throat and rip ther grimy head of thats what should happen
xx

Posted by Ryan Devlin | March 29, 2008 7:06 PM | Reply to this

FUCKING EVIL BASTARDS

FFS I HATE THEM FOR WHAT THEY DID THEYT EVIL GITS R.I.P SOPHIE AND SOORY ROBERT XXX

Posted by emo_girl | March 29, 2008 6:41 PM | Reply to this

R.I.P Sophie

I dislike chavs!
They do think they're it, n they start on u 4 even looking at them!
I hate it wen ur on the bus, n the chav(s) at the back of the bus r blaring out sh*t music from their phones. what the hell music do they even listen 2? any1 no?
and i agree with the person before who said they only do it when they outnumber people- they only want to show off!

C.ouncil
H.ouses
A.nd
V.iolence
more or less sums them up, bt not all people in council houses are CHAVs though.

Sophie, may you rest in peace
x

Posted by Millie | March 29, 2008 7:21 PM | Reply to this

:( ...

anyone who resorts to violence over the way a person dresses is a pathetic waste of semen and skin .
No one has the right to take away the life of a innocent human being.
hopefuly her death will raise awareness of this.
R.I.P Sophie

Posted by tamara luzzeri | March 29, 2008 7:46 PM | Reply to this

Who deserves to die/be seriously beaten up just for how they dress? No-one! The one thing I like about the alternative scene is how accepting people usually are and I think that sometimes you end up forgetting how unsafe and cruel the world outside of this is. I really wish something could be done about the narrow-mindedness that plagues the world. I think that punishment needs to be more heavy handed on teens than it has been, as an awful lot of under 18's seem to commit murder. It’s very upsetting and disturbing to think just how violent, uncaring and destructive etc that a lot of young people seem to be, something really has to be done before more lives are lost based on small prejudices, ignorance and narrow-mindedness.

Posted by Cassy | March 29, 2008 7:47 PM | Reply to this

I actually cried while reading part of this. ""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?"" How HEARTLESS are the cunts that did this to her. I first read aboutthis on the train, i kept the newspaper to show my mother and she was similarly appauled. People like this deserve nothing but horror in there life. hey are disgusting human beings, deserve nothing but hell.

Posted by ceri | March 29, 2008 8:54 PM | Reply to this

Posted by ceri | March 29, 2008 8:55 PM | Reply to this

sexual harasment of goth chicks

there's so much hate crime happening to goths and emos.

my mate was telling me a group of ghetto lads grabbed some goth vixen in a low cut top and mini skirt and messed her around for being a "goth slag". they got away with bending her over a car and wripping off her knickers parading her naked bum! that made me so mad but wat can u do?

Posted by loolah | March 29, 2008 9:04 PM | Reply to this

RIP

tbh, i think saying 'chav scum should die' is a bit hypocritical.
the S.O.P.H.I.E. campaign is about stamping out ALL hate crime,
and as much as you much hate to hear this, i have seen 'charvs' vicitimised.

i don't agree with the death penalty, one life lost is more than enough, but the people that did this need to be made to live with what they did.

Posted by kay | March 29, 2008 10:29 PM | Reply to this

What a tragedy. Poor Sophie and her poor family and friends. This just shows what a narrow-minded society we live in today. Maybe this is what it will take to make arrogant people; like those boys who beat her to death; realise that there is difference in todays society and that we should embrace it and resepct it not hurt someone becuase they don't like what they see. They boys who did it should be stamped to death too and there selfish mothers should be forced to watch. I wouldn't have blamed the childrens upbringing until I read that the mothers laughed at the fact that there sons had beaten up a goth; a decent, kind person who wouldn't have beaten up them because she may have considered them chavs; and now they are in hiding. Well, shame on their bad parenting and I hope that all four of them get their "just desserts"; pardon the phrase.

I am on'y 16 and most people consider me an "emo" but I'm not. I get abuse all the time, "mosha" and "mosh-pot" and after reading what happpend to Sophie, I am scared to go out sometimes. I don't wanna have to change who I am; I'm not going to chnage who I am but I ma still scared that what happended to Sophie may happen to me as well. (I don't mean to sound selfish; in case anyone thinks that I am been selfish.)

R.I.P Sophie; I hope that your death will do some good; help this society. R.I.P!

Posted by Odd-Boy-Out | March 30, 2008 12:47 AM | Reply to this

Hell

yeah, they deserve life sentence

Posted by Bernard | March 30, 2008 6:01 AM | Reply to this

chavs

Chavs are fucking gay i think we should start doing the same if they don't learn to back off one on one theyre soft pussies and can only fight in gangs but if we started attacking them when they were on theyre own we would be the ones labbeled as thugs i say if they wanna fight us they should do it one on one or not at all if we start standing up to this kind of crap it might help stop it becaue all chavs are r weak patheric bullies scared of anyonw who might stand up to them and as for the emo beatings i think its totally unfair emos never do anything to anyone else and i get along with them all fine even i think they are a little girly
R.I.P sophie w'ell get em back for this

Posted by Az | March 30, 2008 9:54 AM | Reply to this

R.I.P

I think that people really should start to realise that we are actully human beings so we're the same!! We just have different interests in clothing and music etc...!!

Wake up world and see that we are all the same we are HUMAN BEINGS, not Chav, Emo, Goth and so on!!

Posted by Rachel | March 30, 2008 9:56 AM | Reply to this

sophie

rip sophie.what happend to you hun wasn't fair.rest in peace xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Posted by tilly | March 30, 2008 11:20 AM | Reply to this

RIP Sophie

Yeah the world is divided enough as it is: we are all human and we all have similar feelings.

Sleep in peace Sophie. You did not deserve this.

Posted by me | March 30, 2008 11:33 AM | Reply to this

oh..

as if i cryed when i red that article above.

its reely horrible that these idiots can just waltz up to her and kick the life outta her like that.

but now they have to live the rest of thier lives with what they did

the puplicity of the attack should at least shock this place into careing about more than what we wear.

Posted by ME | March 30, 2008 11:44 AM | Reply to this

why bother?

have they nothing better to do than kill people because of the way they look? if everyone who is different was killed there would be nothing left on this planet, like 'ooh theres a person wearing different clothes to me, maybe I'll just hurt them because they are probably scum'

its just wrong people!!!

Posted by Emi | March 30, 2008 12:40 PM | Reply to this

Sophie

i totally agree with Sophie's boyfriend

last week in Kerrang! someone said that all cultures should be tolerated

THIS IS A LOAD OF SHIT!

It is ALWAYS chavs who cause the trouble

it is them who kill OAP's for £30 - their life savings

it is them who are responsible for making our country a shit hole

they should ALL BE KILLED

every single one

exterminated like the vermin they are

KILL 'EM ALL!

Posted by Adam C | March 30, 2008 2:02 PM | Reply to this

its really a shame.

dont know about anyone else but i have never known an "emo" or "goth" to be one bit loud violent and rude to another person. little scummy kids like those boys that killed that poor girl are the problem with this world today. why isnt anyone doing anything about it. chav kids are horrible but i dnt see any people starting on them because we have better things to do with are time then stand in the street and shout rude comment sdrinking cheap vodka.

Posted by K_d | March 30, 2008 2:26 PM | Reply to this

R.I.P Sophie

One of the scariest things about this is that the people who killed her were so young. I'm 14, and the poeple who did this were just a year or two older than me.
I don't know how anyone could do anything like this to someone else... and to do it just because they dressed differently? That's just fxcking shallow and ignorant. We have so many different cultures in our society - we can't just start killing each other because we're all different!
I'm not going to go on an anti-Chav rant, but the fact that the people who did this could be considered Chavs (although tbh I'm against labelling and judging people because they look a certain way - look what happened here when some people did that) does show you something about Chav attitudes and culture... if you can call it that.
R.I.P Sophie - my love and sympathy go out to her family and all her loved ones.

Posted by Hattie__xx | March 30, 2008 3:44 PM | Reply to this

its horrid

i think the people who did this to sophie should have the same thing done to them, see how they like it.
its the only way theyre gonna learn isnt it?
i mean, there are chavs, but then there are complete thugs that beat up nice girls just to show off to their mates.
they are disgusting.
i think everyone should unite to put an end to people like that.
this story has really made me angry, i mean what right do those people have to take away somebodys life?

NONE.

Posted by st jimmy | March 30, 2008 3:57 PM | Reply to this

puninshment

ha i think they should act out a scene from saw 2..meaning the killers should be tortured made to do things like be stuck together with speries sticking out of eachother
or mabye just be hung over a cube of ice or
anything tbh. make them pay for what they did .rip sophiexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Posted by lorenzo | March 30, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply to this

knowing to the fact she was a women

let alone that she was a "goth"
SHE WAS A FUCKING WOMEN
how fucking dare to boys(old enough to know better)think its ok to fucking beat a women to death.the fucking scummy cunts!
rip sophie lancaster xxxxxxxx

Posted by hannah | March 30, 2008 4:47 PM | Reply to this

knowing to the fact she was a women

Posted by hannah | March 30, 2008 4:47 PM | Reply to this

knowing to the fact she was a women

Posted by hannah | March 30, 2008 4:48 PM | Reply to this

chavs are 'gay'?

"Chavs are fucking gay i think we should start doing the same if they don't learn to back off "

^^^^^^^^^

Az - maybe you should start being more tolerant to gay people before you can ask the evil 'chavs' to be tolerant....

i swear, some of you hypocrites on here make me wonder if the shit this community gets is ever valid...!!!

Posted by yarnosh | March 30, 2008 5:24 PM | Reply to this

Hate the killers not chavs!

I am not saying that what these people did was right but what is with all these comments of "I hate chavs".

In wishing these "chavs" were dead and wanting to kill them you are being just as bad.

People should learn just to deal with the fact that people are different and the world is better for these differences but only horrible because of these absent minded people.

Dale Little was a kid who died for being a "chav" which is the same as this. People need to learn its good to be different.

I still do not agree with what is done. Fair enough hate the people that did the crime but don't hate the whole "chav" race.

xxx

Posted by Becci xx | March 30, 2008 6:30 PM | Reply to this

Hate the killers not chavs!

I am not saying that what these people did was right but what is with all these comments of "I hate chavs".

In wishing these "chavs" were dead and wanting to kill them you are being just as bad.

People should learn just to deal with the fact that people are different and the world is better for these differences but only horrible because of these absent minded people.

Dale Little was a kid who died for being a "chav" which is the same as this. People need to learn its good to be different.

I still do not agree with what is done. Fair enough hate the people that did the crime but don't hate the whole "chav" race.

xxx

Posted by Becci xx | March 30, 2008 6:30 PM | Reply to this

this isnt the first time this has happened someone beaing beaten to death for being different there was another story just like this about another girl like last year

people may never see eye to eye but no one should die for being different

i think people should just leave people to being who they want to be and just accept that everyone doesnt dress the same or life would be boring

Posted by R.I>P. sofie | March 30, 2008 6:41 PM | Reply to this

life or death

they shouldnt die tbh
they should HAVE TO LIFE AND SUFFER FOR THE REST OF THIER LIFES WHAT THAT HAVE DONE TO A INNOCENT COUPLE

Posted by r.i.pxxxxxxxxxx | March 30, 2008 9:19 PM | Reply to this

life or death

chances are they are most probs the most hated kids in england right now why should they have to be killed
and get out of it that easily
no chance ppl

Posted by r.i.pxxxxxxxxxx | March 30, 2008 9:23 PM | Reply to this

Arse Holes

People are so quick to judge in this world, it does not matter the look of someone, the colour of someones skin, we are all people.

But this is our world, day in and day out. Why people think they can take someones life, is beyond me.

This Twats should be punished for the rest of there lives, but they will never get punished correctly, because they will go to a prison with tv and home comforts and they will be able to walk around and still be able to live some sort of life.

They should be put in a cell and not be able to do a thing!! I hope you rot in hell!

Myself and my family send our prayers and thoughts to the family and friends of sophie! RIP xxx

Posted by PunkRockPrincess | March 30, 2008 9:47 PM | Reply to this

rip sophie

im glad that the little fuckers that did this r going behind bars. although they should be hung for this.
thankfully there were 3 young teenagers that were walking through the park as it was happening.
thank god for the young lass that rang the ambulance

Posted by johag | March 30, 2008 10:46 PM | Reply to this

I hate how everyone in our society is put into their little box of "emo". "goth", "punk", "chav" etc

Its so horrible that people are resorting to killing others who are different! We're not in the middle ages anymore...

But by us saying "hate chavs" etc, we're doing the same as them. We should hate those who did this, but not generalise all chavs on it.

RIP Sophie, its terrible that you had to go like that :(

Posted by Lauren | March 30, 2008 10:48 PM | Reply to this

two words....

fucking chavs.

Posted by D S | March 30, 2008 11:48 PM | Reply to this

TWO WORDS

fucking chavs.

Posted by D S | March 30, 2008 11:49 PM | Reply to this

RIP

This is really awful and my deepest sympathy’s go out to Robert and every body close to Sophie.

Of course he wants those who did this to suffer who can blame him, lets hope that they actually stay there for life and not just 20 years and then given a new identity like the yobs that murdered James Bulger!!!!

Thing that gets me about this is that only now I am hearing about this I don’t recall any thing on the news about this at all not even back last year when it happened why is this?
Yet as soon as there is a suicide or mass killing by a teen that likes a particular rock band that’s all you hear about anywhere doesn’t make any sense to me at all.

I hope that Sophie now rests in peace and that Robert will be able to recover from this ordeal both mentally and physically.

^v^AZ^v^
xxxxxxxxx

Posted by ^v^AZ^v^ | March 31, 2008 11:27 AM | Reply to this

No Justice

No matter what these little fucking burberry wankers get it will never be enough. justice will never happen because you cant even this out. the only way i see is Robert should give back to them what they did to him and sophie. heck i'd love to help too. but we cant do that and fair enough its wrong but they will get however many years in prison but will leave early and get new identities and new lives.... fucking ridiculous

Posted by Tony | March 31, 2008 9:32 AM | Reply to this

y cant ny1 be a individual

y cant ny1 be an individual these days. i think that u are ur self and all people should not judge people and tell people what to wear, what to look like and what to be e.g. Chav. i personally am an emo and everyday i get told go and slit ur wrists u dirty lil emo, i must admit i do cut my se4lf due to suffering from severe deppression but y the fuck should i slit my wrists for hem cunts i hate them. and i get tormented by the chavie cunts, i get beaten up just for who i am and my school head mistress says be an individual, yet the goths, grungers and most of all the EMO's get tormented for being an individual, we are not aloud to have different colour hair or different hair styles so what is the point in telling us be an individual i just dnt get it. so if ny 1 aggrees with me go on my bebo www.bebo.com/suicidal-emo
i really feel for robert because to have a person u love killed in front of you that is fuckin mad, and i want the same for the guys that done that to sopie they should fuckin be hund drawn and quatered, RIP sophie and i hope robert gets better love grace
P.S Please go on my bebo if you would like to talk ww.bebo.com/suicidal-emo

Posted by grace | March 31, 2008 1:09 PM | Reply to this

y cant ny1 be a individual

Posted by grace | March 31, 2008 1:09 PM | Reply to this

y cant ny1 be a individual

Posted by grace | March 31, 2008 1:10 PM | Reply to this

y cant ny1 be a individual

y cant ny1 be an individual these days. i think that u are ur self and all people should not judge people and tell people what to wear, what to look like and what to be e.g. Chav. i personally am an emo and everyday i get told go and slit ur wrists u dirty lil emo, i must admit i do cut my se4lf due to suffering from severe deppression but y the fuck should i slit my wrists for hem cunts i hate them. and i get tormented by the chavie cunts, i get beaten up just for who i am and my school head mistress says be an individual, yet the goths, grungers and most of all the EMO's get tormented for being an individual, we are not aloud to have different colour hair or different hair styles so what is the point in telling us be an individual i just dnt get it. so if ny 1 aggrees with me go on my bebo www.bebo.com/suicidal-emo
i really feel for robert because to have a person u love killed in front of you that is fuckin mad, and i want the same for the guys that done that to sopie they should fuckin be hung rawn and quatered, RIP sophie and i hope robert gets better love grace
P.S Please go on my bebo if you would like to talk ww.bebo.com/suicidal-emo

Posted by grace | March 31, 2008 1:10 PM | Reply to this

y cant ny1 be a individual

y cant ny1 be an individual these days. i think that u are ur self and all people should not judge people and tell people what to wear, what to look like and what to be e.g. Chav. i personally am an emo and everyday i get told go and slit ur wrists u dirty lil emo, i must admit i do cut my se4lf due to suffering from severe deppression but y the fuck should i slit my wrists for hem cunts i hate them. and i get tormented by the chavie cunts, i get beaten up just for who i am and my school head mistress says be an individual, yet the goths, grungers and most of all the EMO's get tormented for being an individual, we are not aloud to have different colour hair or different hair styles so what is the point in telling us be an individual i just dnt get it. so if ny 1 aggrees with me go on my bebo www.bebo.com/suicidal-emo
i really feel for robert because to have a person u love killed in front of you that is fuckin mad, and i want the same for the guys that done that to sopie they should fuckin be hung drawn and quatered, RIP sophie and i hope robert gets better love grace
P.S Please go on my bebo if you would like to talk ww.bebo.com/suicidal-emo

Posted by grace | March 31, 2008 1:10 PM | Reply to this

they are vile

the people who killed sophie are vile. i hope they suffer forever. it isnt fair what they did to her. people should be allowed to be who they want to be. R.I.P. Sophie.

Posted by em | March 31, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply to this

R.I.P Sophie

This is how things are these days by the looks of it. If you're different to the norm and be yourself, somebody will judge and do something to you about it. What a fucked up society is this!

I went out to town a month or two ago, just to meet up with some mates I barely ever see now as they left for college. The friends I had gone with were all under 18 (me being the only 18yr old) and they couldn't get in anywhere. So we decided to go out of town to a pub that wouldn't ID us. So that's what happened and it was really good.

But I heard the next morning about my mates who had stayed in town. Most of them are metalheads, with a few being emo or gothic. When they all split up to go to different places, a series of events happened:

1) My mate and his girlfriend were off to a bar but along the way, he lost his gf and retraced himself. He eventually found her being beaten by a man and a woman, both hitting her head into the floor. My mate started fighting 'em, but a whole gang of chavs turned up and started fighting him. It was pretty bad as far as I know, but luckily a riot van turned up.

2) My other mate was threatened by a drunk chav with a knife as he made his way to the flat. The guy did try to stab him, but missed because of his incapability to.

3) A group of metalheads/goths/emos were getting verbal abuse down streets and even at rocks thrown at them.

I mean, how can anyone fight back with that shit? And in the park of the local town, there's often news of chavs starting on different people, kicking them in the heads and other stuff. It just makes me wonder; when will it end?

It's a shame that in this case, it turned out in the worst case scenario. I wish Robert and Sophie's family my deepest condolences.

I hope the bastards get a life sentence.

Posted by Rich | March 31, 2008 5:51 PM | Reply to this

Off the bat, obviously this crime is terrible and those who commited it should be locked in a very small, cold, room until the day they die.

Now, firstly:

I see a lot of people saying 'fucking chavs'. Fucking, hypocrites perhaps? It's that same mentality that led to this crime. Singling out a certain social group is just plain retarded. I personally know many people, including members of my family, who would be catagorised as chavs. Yet they are decent and law abiding and have never jumped on anyones head. A little forethought goes a hell of a long way.

Secondly:

As for individuality. I don't think dressing in black, with a lot of eyeliner and hair dye somehow qualifies as individual. If you look exactly like every other goth/emo/whatever then you are not individual. Dress as you please, just don't kid yourself into thinking you're an inidividual. You're not.

Lastly and more of a side note. I was driving up north the other day, and the local radio news called it 'the worst kind of persecution'. lolwut? Yes, it was evl and abhorent but seriously?

Posted by Alan Partridge | April 1, 2008 1:09 AM | Reply to this

in reply...

If that was a reply to my comment, trust me, I agree with you.

I didn't call anyone a 'fucking chav', just 'chav'. I know it doesn't sound like much of a difference, but there is. A lot of my family members could be seen as chavs or quite a few of my mates. I don't have a problem with that as everyone is different (and yes, everyone wearing black and eyeliner does defeat the object of individuality). It's just so many people in my area actually pride themselves as chavs, just like emos are proud to be what they are.

It's just that these attacks seem almost like gang-like. Sophie and Robert had been attacked for no reason, other than their appearence. I'm just pissed off that this attitude is still around.

And I don't fit into ANY stereotype tbh because I love rock/metal/industrial/electronica music and my clothes are just something I wear. I don't use them as a means to show what I am 'cos I just don't fit squarely into anything.

If your comment wasn't a reply to mine...well, I'm sorry.

Posted by Rich | April 1, 2008 1:32 PM | Reply to this

they should be locked away. and individuality is in the eye of the beholder. or more the feelings of the persons individuality itself. this is the worst ordeal, true love torn apart. my heart goes out to robert and sophies family. rest in peace sophie.

Posted by Antony | April 1, 2008 3:06 AM | Reply to this

you guys that are all saying about the 'chavs' that should be killed etc etc, that makes you as bad as the kids that killed sophie.

All hate crime needs to be stopped.

Sure I'm sick of the abuse my friends and i get from certain groups of people, but there's no need to stoop down to their level.

They need to be taught respect for others - perhaps this starts at home!

Posted by jo | April 1, 2008 2:21 PM | Reply to this

This is disgusting

, I despise anyone who feels the need to label the world and then attack it, its no secret that people are scared of what they dont understand, i for example listen to hardcore and metal, im sitting here in my megadeth t-shirt and yet i still get called emo :( or a goth, or a grunger, which angers me because i dont even listen to grunge , emo or anyting gothic, , im just some guy who listens to music, labels are for soup cans,

I recently was attacked because of the way i dressed, i was wearing a misfits t-shirt and they were offended, but it wasnt on the scale of this incident, it makes me sick,

Much love everyone

xxx

Posted by Terry | April 2, 2008 12:10 PM | Reply to this

This is disgusting

I recently was attacked because of the way i dressed, i was wearing a misfits t-shirt and they were offended, but it wasnt on the scale of this incident, it makes me sick,

Much love everyone

xxx

Posted by Terry | April 2, 2008 12:11 PM | Reply to this

Omgosh!!

Omfg!!
Man wots the point in fucking beating them up just coz they dress differently!? I mean, yeah they were under alchol!!

But for fuck sake...just beat some old granny up, or maybe just call them names (Still rude but is better then killing them)

Fucking chav cunts!
Lets make revolution...

Hahahaha! if you want to join my email is lil-pirate-girl@hotmail.com

Posted by Veronica | April 2, 2008 4:55 PM | Reply to this

it's funny seeing people saying that we should see people for who they are and that these neds/chavs should be locked away or even killed.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS!

people are always going to get stereotypically viewed on the way they dress. it's always happened and just because someone has died due to this doesn't mean that anything significant will ever change because of it.

all of you immature 11 year olds need to stop posting on this with your completely narrowminded views, because it's a complete bore reading the amount of pish that's said.

people die by other people. it happens all over the world. white men used to kill black men for being black, chavs have been killed from goths for being chavs and goths have been killed for being goths.
these things happen. GET THE FUCK OVER IT.

"But for fuck sake...just beat some old granny up, or maybe just call them names (Still rude but is better then killing them)'

seriously mate your worse than the chavs if you think killing an old granny is any better. rethink living yourself.

i'm done with this, and if you're gonna reply to this then actually come up with something good to say than just "FUK U YEH!? I HATE CHAVS THEY SHUD AL DI3!!!!! ROCK ON \M/"

just an idea.

Posted by shadowsthatmove | April 4, 2008 11:49 AM | Reply to this