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In a park in Bacab, Lancashire, England on the night of August 11, 2007,

21-year-old Sophie Lancaster and boyfriend Robert Maltby,

were savagely attacked by five teenage boys, age 14 to 17.

They were attacked simply because they dressed differently.

Sophie had been attacked after trying to protect her boyfriend and was pulled from life support 13 days later.

Robert survived with numerous serious injuries.

The first journalist on the scene, Catherine Smite,

provides a dramatic perspective to the case as a mother and a member of the media,

who became inextricably involved in the story forever.

The book chronicles the attack, the town where it happened,

the court case, the national and international media interest,

and the launch of the Sophie Lancaster Foundation.

It also uncovers some anomalies.

The police admitted initially attending the wrong park,

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