Girl behind bars in 'honeytrap' murder case
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- ITN
Girl behind bars in 'honeytrap' murder case
A teenage girl who acted as a "honeytrap" to lure a smitten 16-year-old to his death has been locked up for a minimum of 10 years. Samantha Joseph led lovestruck Shakilus Townsend into an ambush in a quiet cul-de-sac where he was beaten with baseball bats and stabbed six times. The teenager bled to death after the "relentless and merciless attack" by a masked and hooded gang in Thornton Heath, south London, in July last year. Joseph, who was 15 at the time, laughed as they caught up with him, walking away as they began their brutal assault. Her older boyfriend, Danny McLean, plunged a knife into Shakilus's chest, raking it across his liver before twisting the blade. Joseph, 17, from Brockley, south London, was ordered to be detained for a minimum of 10 years.
ITN | September 4, 2009
