Girls get 2 years for manslaughter

LONDON - Two then 12 and 13 year old schoolgirls were ordered to serve two years detention yesterday after they admitted kicking…

LONDON - Two then 12 and 13 year old schoolgirls were ordered to serve two years detention yesterday after they admitted kicking a 13 year old girl to death. Louise Allen died from a single kick to the head as she intervened in a brawl to help a friend in Corby, Northants, in April.

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