Hiya guys!Today I'm gonna talk about a girl. Not just any girl. An amazing girl, a life saver and a person who has died to save someone she loved.
Meet Sophie Lancaster. She was 21 when she and her boyfriend (Robert Maltby), got kicked to death by a 15 and a 16 year old in Lancashire in 2007. Her boyfriend survived because she saved him. Sophie was a gap year student at the time, wanting to go to college to do an english degree. Her parents said "We were proud to know our daughter. She was funny, kind, loving and brave. She was a beautiful girl with a social conscience and values which made her a joy to know". Why would such a "kind, loving and brave" young woman get kicked to death in a park after her and her boyfriend got attacked? Becuase they were goths. Seems stupid, right? A girl got kicked and punched to death after try to save her boyfriend from being attacked, because they were goths.
It was said that the attackers may have been drunk at the time. Even if they were drunk, that is no way to treat an innocent couple. The attackers were considerably younger than Robert and Sophie, yet managed to cause them serious injuries. Police described the hostilities as "a sustained attack during the course of which the pair received serious head injuries and their faces were so swollen we could not ascertain which one was female and which one was male."
The pair were taken to hospital short after the attack was acknowledged by emergency services. Robert was left in a coma with bleeding and damage to the brain. He finally recovered but life-long brain damage still remains. Sophie, on the other hand, wasn't in such a good way. She suffered from a deep coma. After 13 days of her showing no sign of improvement, hospital staff were certain that Sophie would never regain conciousness. Later that day, her family aggreed to turn off life support. On the 24th August 2007, Sophie was announced dead.
In 2013, Greater Manchester Police became the first unit the record and keep track of attacks against alternative subcultures and treat them the same as an attack in regards to race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.
Below are a few links to some websites linked to Sophie. Hope you learnt something from this post. RIP Sophie. You are an inspiration and your memory will live on in the hearts of many.
So long and goodnight,
Liv x
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