UK: Female teen who kicked Man to death jailed

Submitted by Minuteman on Thu, 2011-01-27 01:17

Link to article here. Excerpt:

'A former public schoolgirl who kicked and stamped on a gay civil servant during a deadly homophobic attack was jailed for seven years for his manslaughter.

Ruby Thomas, 19, hurled obscene abuse at 62-year-old Ian Baynham during the drink-fuelled assault in London's Trafalgar Square in September 2009.

Mr Baynham died 18 days later in hospital. Police found his blood smeared on Thomas's handbag and the ballet pumps she was wearing as she kicked him.

The Old Bailey heard how she screamed "f---ing faggots" and smiled as she "put the boot into" Mr Baynham after he was knocked to the ground by another teenager, Joel Alexander.
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Judge Richard Hawkins increased Thomas's sentence from six years to seven years because of the homophobic nature of the attack.'

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How could a public schoolgirl possibly behave in this manner? At least in this instance, the victim was a member of another protected group, so his life was deemed to be of marginally more value.

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Submitted by Minuteman on Thu, 2011-01-27 01:18