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07/09/2007
Five Youths Charged With Murder Over Park Attack
Five youths have been charged with the murder of a 20-year-old woman who was attacked as she walked through a park in Lancashire.
Sophie Lancaster and her boyfriend Robert Maltby, 21, were beaten up on Stubbylee Park on 11 August.
Miss Lancaster was left with serious head and facial injuries. She died almost two weeks later. Mr Maltby suffered head injuries, a brain haemorrhage and was in a coma for a time. He is now recuperating.
The accused youths have not been released and are due to appear at Burnley Magistrates Court.
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Sophie Lancaster and her boyfriend Robert Maltby, 21, were beaten up on Stubbylee Park on 11 August.
Miss Lancaster was left with serious head and facial injuries. She died almost two weeks later. Mr Maltby suffered head injuries, a brain haemorrhage and was in a coma for a time. He is now recuperating.
The accused youths have not been released and are due to appear at Burnley Magistrates Court.
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