Sophie Lancaster's Funeral

News footage of Sophie Lancaster's Funeral on Nov 12th 2007, the goth girl killed in August mixed in with a tribute to her.

The song is by the excellent band Dead Can Dance, "The Host of Seraphim" from The Serpent's Egg album.

Sophie was brutally attacked with her boyfriend, Robert Maltby while returning home walking through Stubby Lee Park in Bacup, Rossendale in Lancashire. Sophie and Robert were subjected to a "vicious mob attack" from "a large group of people" around 1.00 am on Saturday 11th August 2007. As a result of her severe head injuries she went into a coma, never regained consciousness and later died. The police suggested the attack was caused by the couple wearing goth style clothing.

Find out more via these links which you might want to look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Lancaster

Details on the Trial of which began on March 10th 2008:
http://alterophobia.blogspot.com/2008/03/sophie-lancaster-most-involved-admit...

SOPHIE campaign: "Stamp Out Prejudice Hatred (and) Intolerance Everywhere" aiming to "provide an appropriate memorial; a lasting legacy to raise awareness of the injustice perpetrated against Sophie Lancaster and to work towards a more tolerant, less violent society.
http://www.myspace.com/inmemoryofsophie

UK Petition against subcultural hate crime:
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Widen the definition of 'Hate Crime', to include crimes committed against a person or persons, on the basis of their appearance or subcultural interests." [You have to be British to sign.]
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/goth-hatecrimes/

Some of the other examples of the sorts of crimes mentioned in the video:
Burnley:
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/display.var.1775574.0.teenagers_chased_a...
And in Australia:
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/thugs-use-goon-bag-to-bash-go...

See lots more examples at
Alterophobia - A blog about fear, prejudice and hatred towards members of alternative subcultures.
http://alterophobia.blogspot.com/

More on the funeral here including more photos:
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1826850.0.sophie...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7090150.stm

Kris did some of the graphics:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction
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[mrnewton86]

7 people don't have a heart

[pianoplayeruk]

As the years pass and I get older, and see more and more of this kind of wanton beatings and in this case, murder, in the name of fun, and as the years pass and I see the police doing less, courts doing less, and criminals getting lighter punishments, I, more and more than ever, support the notion of a vigilante force.

A group of people who's pleasure, is in wiping out those, like the guys who killed Sophie, in ways befitting their crimes.

No arrest, no courts, no hearings,

Just kill them.

[mereje]

@XxRaVeNxXwAtErXx don't be so stupid...there is no such thing as hip hop ppl. I love hip hop, but I think goths look cool...don't understand anything of your music though, but who cares. This is about ppl lacking respect for other ppl. It is disgusting that anybody would just beat a woman to death.

[EDEmylove]

@mrnewton86 *sigh* make that 16 :(

[miltonluvsno1]

@FARYCC Bacup, Lancashire.

[MetalAmzBrutalz]

@XxRaVeNxXwAtErXx You just being as judgmental as them. If you want them to burn in hell because they listen to hip hop... Why? I mean can't they just be themselves too? It's the same thing that happened to sophie... Intolerant assholes killed her and probably hurt her bfs life for a long time.

[MetalAmzBrutalz]

This actually made me cry thinking of the body inside of the coffin...

[MetalAmzBrutalz]

This is so sad... Where is Justice in this world and why can't people be the way they want to be in life without being criticized and hurt in this world... Why can't they all just live in peace....

[rochelfan]

al five should have bin convicted when you dont help people who are in need and dont do annything to help them you go in prisson .

The other 3 must have bin there and lookt at wat was happening and ""did not do anything'' WELL THATS THE PROBLEM thats why they hat to be in prisson also.

R.I.P from a dutchman who dont understand things like this at all

[Ninje56]

I just want to know something, why is the song of The Mist on this video?

[Ultrabrut1]

Goth Kills!

[420prettystoned]

creepy couple