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| Youths in court over park attack | |
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| Five youths will appear in court charged with the murder of a 20-year-old woman, who was attacked in a park in Lancashire. | |
| Sophie Lancaster was walking through Stubbylee Park in Bacup, Lancashire, with her boyfriend Robert Maltby when the pair were beaten up on 11 August. | Sophie Lancaster was walking through Stubbylee Park in Bacup, Lancashire, with her boyfriend Robert Maltby when the pair were beaten up on 11 August. |
| Ms Lancaster was left with serious head and facial injuries and died on 24 August after falling into a coma. | Ms Lancaster was left with serious head and facial injuries and died on 24 August after falling into a coma. |
| The youths will appear at Burnley Magistrates' Court. | |
| They had initially been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent but the count was changed to murder following a review by the Crown Prosecution Service. | They had initially been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent but the count was changed to murder following a review by the Crown Prosecution Service. |
| Ms Lancaster's 21-year-old boyfriend was also left in a coma with bleeding on the brain following the attack in the early hours of 11 August, but is now thought to be recovering from his injuries. |