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| Sex attack phone girls detained | Sex attack phone girls detained |
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| Three girls who sexually assaulted a boy during a three-and-a-half hour "happy slapping" ordeal have been given detention orders of up to four years. | |
| The girls, two aged 17 and one 16, were convicted of false imprisonment and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. | The girls, two aged 17 and one 16, were convicted of false imprisonment and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. |
| Inner London Crown Court heard the victim, now 18, was stripped, punched and kicked while the attack was filmed. | Inner London Crown Court heard the victim, now 18, was stripped, punched and kicked while the attack was filmed. |
| It took place in a flat in Woolwich, south-east London, in March 2006. | |
| Begging for mercy | Begging for mercy |
| Judge Colin Smith told them that a particularly unpleasant and increasingly common feature of the victim's ordeal was that it was video-recorded on at least one mobile phone. | Judge Colin Smith told them that a particularly unpleasant and increasingly common feature of the victim's ordeal was that it was video-recorded on at least one mobile phone. |
| During the boy's ordeal he was subjected to a "sudden severe physical assault", made to strip naked and forced to perform a sex act in front of the group. | During the boy's ordeal he was subjected to a "sudden severe physical assault", made to strip naked and forced to perform a sex act in front of the group. |
| The court heard that in a recording the boy could be seen being forced to sit in a cold bath while ketchup and kitchen oil was poured over him as he begged for mercy. | The court heard that in a recording the boy could be seen being forced to sit in a cold bath while ketchup and kitchen oil was poured over him as he begged for mercy. |
| This kind of behaviour went far beyond even serious bullying Judge Colin Smith | This kind of behaviour went far beyond even serious bullying Judge Colin Smith |
| "One can tell, listening to that video, that the ordeal was being played out to a background of extremely loud screaming and laughing by the group," the judge said. | "One can tell, listening to that video, that the ordeal was being played out to a background of extremely loud screaming and laughing by the group," the judge said. |
| After several hours the boy managed to escape, with some of his clothes, and went to his ex-girlfriend's mother's house. | After several hours the boy managed to escape, with some of his clothes, and went to his ex-girlfriend's mother's house. |
| He had red marks on his face, was bleeding from one ear and a doctor's examination revealed extensive bruising all over his body. | He had red marks on his face, was bleeding from one ear and a doctor's examination revealed extensive bruising all over his body. |
| Pain and humiliation | Pain and humiliation |
| The judge told the girls he was satisfied there had been "some kind of non-payment of some kind of debt and as a result of that... you decided to teach the victim a lesson". | The judge told the girls he was satisfied there had been "some kind of non-payment of some kind of debt and as a result of that... you decided to teach the victim a lesson". |
| "This kind of behaviour went far beyond even serious bullying, and amounted to the infliction of pain and humiliation on the victim, which is intolerable behaviour." | "This kind of behaviour went far beyond even serious bullying, and amounted to the infliction of pain and humiliation on the victim, which is intolerable behaviour." |
| One of the 17-year-olds, said to be the ringleader, received a four-year detention order. | One of the 17-year-olds, said to be the ringleader, received a four-year detention order. |
| The 16-year-old was given three years' detention and the other 17-year-old was given a two-year detention and training order. | The 16-year-old was given three years' detention and the other 17-year-old was given a two-year detention and training order. |
| The trio, who cannot be named because of their age, were found guilty of false imprisonment and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent on 9 August. | The trio, who cannot be named because of their age, were found guilty of false imprisonment and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent on 9 August. |
| One of the girls pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm and the other two were found guilty of the same charge. | One of the girls pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm and the other two were found guilty of the same charge. |