Transgender girl stabbed by Snapchat gang,

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Transgender girl stabbed by Snapchat gang, court  hears
The victim, then 18,  was attacked by masked youths after allegedly lying about her  gender.
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A transgender girl was stabbed  several times by a group of masked youths after lying about her gender and then performing a  sexual act on a  child, a court has  heard.
The girl, who was 18 at the time, was lured  to a car park in Harrow, north-west  London, after being invited to a  nightclub, the Old Bailey  said.

The attackers  targeted the girl after a boy  discovered she was transgender after having  sex with her, the court  heard.
'It's hard to trust  people'
Other members of the group  devised a  scheme to  "beat her  up", prosecutors  said.
The girl told the court she now  had "difficulties trusting people" and  had "big scars" from her  injuries. Summer Betts-Ramsey, 20, Bradley Harris, 18, Camron Osei, 18, Shiloh Hindes, 18, and a 17-year-old boy admitted causing grievous bodily harm with  intent.
Betts-Ramsey also admitted  being in possession of a  knife and a 17-year-old girl admitted  stealing the  girl's purse after the  attack and  being in possession of a class  A drug.

In January 2024, the girl was with Harris at  her home and while  she was there, a mutual friend called Harris  to say she was  "trans".
"Having been attacked in the past because of her transgender identity, she denied  it," prosecutor Deanna Heer KC told  the jury.
She and Harris then  kissed and she performed oral sex on him, the court  heard. Shortly after, another friend told Harris that the girl was a  "transsexual," the prosecutor  said. "I'll stab you if you  lie."
She again denied  it, but when Harris  pulled out a knife and said, "I'll stab you if you  lie," she felt intimidated and admitted she was transgender before Harris told her to  leave.
When Harris told the group  that she had lied to him, they turned on her,  Ms. Heer  said.
The Snapchat group, which  included the  young men, got into  an argument and Betts-Ramsey threatened to stab the  girl.
When the girl asked the group when they would  meet again, Harris  replied, "(I) am not your  friend ... you  transsexual." Other members of the group encouraged the girl to  pick a fight with Betts-Ramsey, but Ms Heer said it was  "a trick" to attack  her.
Telephone evidence revealed that during  one call, Betts-Ramsey told someone:  "I'm going to Harrow to beat up  a... ugly transsexual brother."
On February 10, the girl left her home,  believed to be going to a  roller skating event with the group, the court  heard.
Betts-Ramsey, from Barnet, Harris, from Harrow, Osei, from Tadworth, Surrey, Hindes, from Southwark, and the 17-year-old boy were all dressed in dark clothing, with masks and  bangs and were waiting at the bus  stop.
"Suddenly attacked"
Once in a nearby  parking lot, she was  "suddenly attacked" and had no time to say anything or do anything to defend herself,  she told the  court. Once on the ground, Betts-Ramsey  pulled out a knife and stabbed her at least 14  times.
While Betts-Ramsey  stabbed her, the others continued to attack her with kicks and punches for about 45 seconds before the group left the scene, the prosecutor  said.
Members of the public helped the  girl and an ambulance was  called.
When medics arrived, they found she had suffered  multiple stab wounds and had a weak pulse, and she was taken to hospital, the court  heard.
Members of the group  later bragged about the  attack, posting footage on social media, Ms Heer  said. The 17-year-old sent the girl a message  that read: "You're beautiful," the court  heard.
That night, a message was sent to Betts-Ramsey  that read, "stabbing a girl  because she's trans...  that's disgusting," to which Betts-Ramsey replied:  "She deserved  it."
The trial continues.

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