Stark warning over 'happy slapping'

Gavin Waterhouse was punched and kicked to death, while another teenager filmed the incident on a cameraphone. The film was sent around to friend's mobile phones and posted on the Internet. The BBC reports.

"The decision to prosecute the teenager who filmed that fatal attack on her mobile phone has been hailed as a legal landmark by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Judith Naylor, from the CPS said it was thought to be the first time a suspect in England and Wales had been successfully prosecuted for aiding and abetting murder or manslaughter by a "happy slapping" attack.

She was sentenced to two years' detention in a young offenders' institution when she appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday. "

emily | 3:50 PM | Happy Slapping/Violence |
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