Sophie Lancaster was a 20 year old woman from Bacup, Lancashire who was murdered for being different. Sophie and her boyfriend, Robert Maltby were walking through a park on their way home late one in evening in August 2007 when they were both brutally attacked by a gang of teenage youths. During this weeks case, we discuss the issues we had during our teenage years for dressing similarly to Sophie and Rob and why this case was a difficult one for us to cover.

Apologies for the delay this week. Amy had changes in her work commitments and we couldn't record until Wednesday evening. We will be back to our regular schedule next week.

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Sources:

The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/15/robert-maltby-on-the-of-his-girlfriend-sophie-lancaster-the-goth-thing-was-an-oversimplification

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/aug/03/ukcrime.sophielancaster

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sophie_Lancaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_England_and_Wales

Sophie Lancaster Foundation - https://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com/

Kerrang! - https://www.kerrang.com/features/sophie-lancasters-legacy/

LancsLive - https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/sophie-lancaster-murderers-move-open-18767377

BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7316601.stm

Manchester Evening News - https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/final-tribute-to-murdered-goth-1010626

Thanks to:

Matt Pearson for the intro music
Michael Perkins for the artwork