January 24, 2006
Happy slappers jailed
A killer gang of "happy slappers" were jailed for a total of 44 years yesterday, after chilling pictures were released of them committing their crimes, reports The Daily Telegraph.
... "In October 2004, the thugs (including a female accomplice) staged five separate attacks on eight people, mirroring the gang in the book and film A Clockwork Orange, in which codewords are used to initiate violence.
The gang, known as the Sargeant Crew, muttered, "You know what time it is?" to trigger their assaults. When they got home, they gathered around the girl's phone and laughed at what they had done, even mimicking the agony of their victims."
Related articles on happy slapping crimes - an appallingly long and chilling list:
-- Shades of Happy Slapping in Spain
-- "Happy slappers" attack women with baseball bats
-- Happy Slapping youths convicted of manslaughter
-- 'Happy slappers' attack star
-- Video phones spread 'happy slapping'
-- Boy bound, masked and set on fire - and filmed on cameraphone
-- Parents see dying son in phone video
-- Girl raped in 'happy slap' attack
-- Bullies 'taking phone pictures'
-- Tortured for £75: a victim of the new form of 'happy slapping' designed to instil terror
-- Happy slapping' victim tells how attack was filmed
-- Boy, 12 videoed as he was attacked
-- Gang 'happy slaps' cancer woman
-- Happy-slappers now target pizza delivery drivers
-- Girl arrested over 'happy slapping' attack
-- Mother's Anger at 'Happy Slapping' Attack
-- Does 'happy slapping' exist?
-- Thugs film girl attack on phone
-- Concern over rise of 'happy slapping' craze
-- Sick beating is filmed for fun
-- Happy slap culprits face suspension
-- Schools Ban Camera Phones Amid 'Happy Slapping' Craze
-- Putting the photos in perspective
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