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UK teen given life sentence for Afro comb killing
A 16-year-old girl has been given a life sentence for killing another teenager in south London...
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class="MsoNormal">A 16-year-old girl has been given a life sentence for killing another teenager in south London with an Afro comb.
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class="MsoNormal">Rebecca Douglas spiked the head of Julie Sheriff with the pointed metal handle.
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class="MsoNormal">The two were involved in a brawl in the street over mobile phone messages.
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class="MsoNormal">She had been sleeping rough at friends’ houses and was ordered to serve a minimum of 10 years after being convicted of murder.
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class="MsoNormal">An earlier order banning the identification of the defendant has been lifted.
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class="MsoNormal">The incident happened in the Battersea area of the British capital.
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