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Sophie Lancaster's Funeral

News footage of Sophie Lancaster's Funeral on Nov 12th 2007, the goth girl killed in August mixed in with a tribute to her. The song is by the excellent band Dead Can Dance, "The Host of Seraphim" from The Serpent's Egg album. Sophie was brutally attacked with her boyfriend, Robert Maltby while returning home walking through Stubby Lee Park in Bacup, Rossendale in Lancashire. Sophie and Robert were subjected to a "vicious mob attack" from "a large group of people" around 1.00 am on Saturday 11th August 2007. As a result of her severe head injuries she went into a coma, never regained consciousness and later died. The police suggested the attack was caused by the couple wearing goth style clothing. Find out more via these links which you might want to look at: en.wikipedia.org Details on the Trial of which began on March 10th 2008: alterophobia.blogspot.com SOPHIE campaign: "Stamp Out Prejudice Hatred (and) Intolerance Everywhere" aiming to "provide an appropriate memorial; a lasting legacy to raise awareness of the injustice perpetrated against Sophie Lancaster and to work towards a more tolerant, less violent society. www.myspace.com UK Petition against subcultural hate crime: "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister 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." [You have to be British to sign.] petitions.pm.gov.uk Some of the other examples of the sorts ...

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