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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBritish woman, 21, faces life in jail after leading gang who murdered teen falsely accused of rape
Two men and a woman have been found guilty of the murder of a teenager whose body was found in a playing field in east London.
Luke Harwood, 18, from Havering, was found near Broadmead Fields in Woodford Green in May last year.
The teenager had been beaten after an 18-year-old woman accused him of rape, the Old Bailey jury heard.
Emma Hall, 21, James Danby, 27 and Tony O'Toole, 30, all from Romford, had denied murder.
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"He should still be alive to share his life with us and to be a father to his son, as well as his daughter whom he never met.
"Instead he was falsely accused of a crime he didn't commit and killed in the most violent way."
The court heard the 18-year-old woman who accused the victim of rape had reported it to the police but she later withdrew the complaint.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22062516
MattBaggins
(7,904 posts)Did you edit it yourself?
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)...forum here which requires exact article titles is LBN.
"Luke Harwood death: Three guilty of playing field murder" doesn't give people much of an idea what the background on the slaying is.
PB
MattBaggins
(7,904 posts)As you pointed out, the website does not use the title but that does not excuse the false alteration.
From the OP title
faces life in jail after LEADING GANG who murdered teen
from the linked article
The woman involved was in no way to blame for the extreme and sustained attack that they then carried out and subsequently tried to cover up: she could not have predicted what would happen.
The woman was clearly involved in the murder of this poor man, but she manages to go from culpable to being the mastermind and ring leader?
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Baby-faced woman, 21, faces life in jail after leading vigilante gang who murdered teenager falsely accused of rape
Emma Hall, 21, convicted of murdering 18-year-old Luke Harwood
Her two friends were also convicted of murder
They battered and then murdered the teenager on wasteland in May
18-year-old had pointed him to Hall during chance meeting and claimed he sexually assaulted her TWO YEARS earlier
A woman is facing a life sentence for leading a vigilante gang who tortured and brutally killed a teenager wrongly accused of rape.
Emma Hall, 21, of Romford, showed no emotion as she was found guilty of murdering Luke Harwood, 18, at the Old Bailey.
Her friends James Danby, 27, and Tony OToole, 30, were also convicted of murder.
Mr Harwood was savagely beaten to death in May last year after an 18-year-old girl pointed him out to Hall during a chance meeting and claimed she had been raped by him two years before.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2310601/Luke-Harwood-murder-Baby-faced-woman-21-faces-life-jail-leading-vigilante-gang-murdered-teenager-falsely-accused-rape.html#ixzz2QlwnbF7v
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MattBaggins
(7,904 posts)The story of what happened is a far cry from her LEADING a gang.
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)....the post is inappropriate in some actionable way, all you need to do is Alert on it?
I realize some of us old timers remember when we'd just call Skinner up on his home phone and complain about but Elad or somebody put a little button in that you can click, fill out a form and a jury will be empaneled to look over the matter within a few minutes.
Very handy.
PB
MattBaggins
(7,904 posts)I am fully aware of the rules and the alert button.
This is a DISCUSSION FORUM and I felt that the title was glaringly misleading and is itself, worthy of discussing.
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)...then you should be alerting. This is DU 101. You may feel I'm being pretentious, but I'm literally repeating the simple yet sage advice that every moderator, Skinner, etc. has dispensed to those who have problems of this sort with an OP.
PB
MattBaggins
(7,904 posts)I am not slinging mud. The title is extremely loaded.
Three people brutally murdered someone which is horrific but withdrew a complaint is not falsely accused nor did the girl lead the attack. I would rather discuss this then alert on it. As these words came from the linked articles it would seem fair to discuss them rather than suppress them.
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MattBaggins
(7,904 posts)I get paid 6 figures to sniff peoples farts and diagnose them for colon cancer.
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muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)Read it again. The full paragraph you quoted:
"The defendants" are Hall (the 21 year old) and the 2 men, all found guilty of murder. "The woman involved" is the 18 year old. Since she didn't do anything, her anonymity has been preserved, so he just calls her 'the woman'.
From another article:
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By chance an 18 year-old girl visiting the house that evening saw Luke and claimed he had raped her two years before.
Her complaint had been dropped after she was interviewed by police, who found her accusation was untrue.
But when the girl repeated her claims, Hall vowed: Im going to f***ing kill him.
http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/crime-court/three_convicted_of_murdering_harold_hill_teen_luke_harwood_1_2022120
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)The titles are not always clear when posting world news as we may not be as aware of cases (or in the case of McD's what freedom food means).
I am guessing you don't post a lot of articles?
MattBaggins
(7,904 posts)it is a far cry from
The woman involved was in no way to blame for the extreme and sustained attack that they then carried out and subsequently tried to cover up: she could not have predicted what would happen.
to being a gang leader. I hardly believe she is innocent but three people murder a man and the woman is the mastermind?
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)But when the girl repeated her claims, Hall vowed: Im going to f***ing kill him.
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Hall then drove Danby, OToole and Luke to a secluded place nearby where the beating continued until they had killed Luke.
After committing this shocking act of violence Hall, Danby, OToole and their friend Billy Duggan burnt their blood-stained clothes and cleaned up the blood from the house.
The following evening they planned to further destroy evidence of their horrific crime by mutilating Lukes body. However, the police were alerted and they were stopped and arrested.
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/10361960.Three_convicted_of_murder_of_teen_in_Woodford_Green/
She along with the rest were convicted of murder.
Now how was she in no way to blame? And why was she driving them? She fabricated a story, assisted in the murder, and was convicted of it. It started with her
MattBaggins
(7,904 posts)The detective seems to have said that. The article uses a paragraph break for that section without proper quotation, but it would seem it is a continuation of his analysis from the previous paragraph.
She is clearly culpable for driving them and from the information in the articles at least, she should be going to jail for murder.
My concern is with the misleading phrases that are not supported by the evidence.
"Falsely accused" and "gang leader" are not supported by the article.
MattBaggins
(7,904 posts)MattBaggins
(7,904 posts)This is an extremely loaded description. She withdrew her complaint but that is not necessarily "falsely accused". She may or may not have. The deceased family said falsely which no one could fault them for doing given the tragic circumstances.
These individuals deserve to go to jail for killing this man if the facts given are true. The titles (which I did in fact come from a news source not you) are still wrong though. The use of "falsely" and "leading a gang" though are cringe worthy.