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| 'Happy slap' attack girl guilty | 'Happy slap' attack girl guilty |
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| A 15-year-old girl has admitted filming the death of a man on her mobile phone in a so-called "happy slapping" attack. | A 15-year-old girl has admitted filming the death of a man on her mobile phone in a so-called "happy slapping" attack. |
| She pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting manslaughter at Leeds Crown Court after filming the attack on Gavin Waterhouse last September. | She pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting manslaughter at Leeds Crown Court after filming the attack on Gavin Waterhouse last September. |
| Mr Waterhouse, 29, from Keighley, later died from a ruptured spleen. | Mr Waterhouse, 29, from Keighley, later died from a ruptured spleen. |
| The Crown Prosecution Service said the decision to prosecute the girl was a legal landmark. Mark Masters, 19, and a male, 17, have admitted manslaughter. | |
| All three defendants will be sentenced at a later date. | All three defendants will be sentenced at a later date. |
| A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said: "Judith Naylor, crown advocate and junior counsel in this case, made a landmark decision when she advised that the female defendant be charged in respect of her actions, namely for the recording the attack which led to the death of Gavin Waterhouse on a mobile phone." | |
| Det Supt Paul Kennedy said: "We are pleased with the outcome of this police investigation following what was an unprovoked and cowardly attack. Our thoughts are with Gavin's family." |