Do you ever see the people in England doing that to one another. How about Scottsdale Arizona, do we hear about the people there doing this. So why Africa? Why the Middle East? I know it's not race so then what is it?
No nothing like this ever happen's in the (un)United Kingdom
Petrol killing 'based on movie'
The murder of a 17-year-old student from Norfolk was based on a scene from a spoof horror film, a jury has heard.
Norwich Crown Court was told how Simon Everitt, from Great Yarmouth, was tied up and petrol poured down his throat before he was set on fire.
Simon's body was found in woodland at Mautby in June 2008.
Maria Chandler, 40, and Jimi-Lee Stewart, 25, both from Great Yarmouth, and Jonathan Clarke, 19, from Telford in Shropshire, all deny murder.
Opening the case, Karim Khalil QC said that the prosecution would demonstrate the "grotesque brutality that young people can inflict on one another".
Mr Khalil said Simon and the two male defendants had all had a relationship with a woman called Fiona Statham, who was "playing off" each of them.
he court heard that Simon was murdered between 6 June and 29 June last year.
His body was found about three weeks after he was reported missing.
Jurors were played a scene from the British horror film Severance in which a character was shown tied to a tree.
In the movie a man is shown throwing petrol over and setting light to his victim.
Mr Khalil told the court that Simon suffered a fate inspired by that scene.
The jury heard that the teenager was driven to remote woodland in Ms Chandler's car.
"He was initially assaulted," Mr Khalil said.
"He was bundled into a car, taken to a forest or wooded area. He was then tied to a tree with blue nylon roping.
"Petrol was poured on to him and into his throat. He was then set on fire whilst tied to that tree.
'Shocking' remark
"The rope burned through. He was still alive. He stepped from the tree a short distance, still alight, and there he was to die."
The court was told Mr Clarke, of Elizabeth Way, had watched Severance about a year before Mr Everitt was killed.
"When Clarke watched that DVD he made a comment to this effect: 'Wouldn't it be wicked if you could actually do that to someone in real life?'," Mr Khalil said.
The jury was told that the woman who watched it with Mr Clarke was "shocked" at the remark.
Jurors heard that Mr Clarke, Ms Chandler, of Lancaster Road, and Mr Stewart, of Nelson Road Central, all played a part in the murder.
The trio confided in various friends and family and were arrested shortly after Simon went missing, jurors were told.
The trial is expected to last up to four weeks.
Gang sets man on fire
man has died after being punched unconcious and set on fire by a groups of thugs as he walked home from work early today.
Wayne Trotter, 30, whose wife is six months pregnant with their second child, suffered horrific burns after being turned into a human fireball while returning from his nightshift at a Hendon plastics factory.
In an apparently motiveless attack in Dales Path, a quiet road in Borehamwood, Herts, he was knocked out, his clothes were doused in petrol or some other flammable liquid and set alight.
As the flames engulfed Mr Trotter's body, he regained consciousness and staggered along the road screaming for help before collapsing into a garden. Residents ran from their homes with blankets and pans of water to smother the flames.
One witness said: "I had just gone to bed when I heard a man screaming. He was yelling at the top of his voice 'Help me, somebody please help me.'"
He was taken to Barnet General Hospital and later transferred to the specialist burns unit at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where he died.
Hertfordshire Police believe the attack could have been a case of mistaken identity.
They wanted to speak to three youths seen in the area between 11pm and 1am. A spokesman said: "This was an appalling attack and it appears motiveless."
He asked anyone with a family member who had come home smelling of petrol or smoke to contact police
Racist killer is jailed for life
A man has been jailed for life for the racist murder of the Glasgow teenager Kriss Donald.
Judge Lord Philip said Daanish Zahid, 20, must serve 17 years in jail before being eligible to apply for parole.
The judge said the public had been "shocked and horrified" by the murder of the 15-year-old who was abducted, beaten, stabbed and then set alight.
Zahid Mohammed, 20, who admitted abducting Kriss, was jailed for five years.
On 18 November, a jury found Zahid guilty by a unanimous verdict of racially-aggravated murder, abduction and of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by destroying evidence by setting fire to the car used to snatch Kriss.
He was also convicted of attacking Kriss's friend as the pair walked along Kenmure Street in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow in March.
Zahid, of Shields Road, Glasgow, had denied murder, claiming Kriss was stabbed and beaten by others, but jurors decided that he had "acted in concert" and was equally guilty.
At the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday, Lord Philip told Zahid: "The public has rightly been shocked and horrified by the callous, brutal and prolonged nature of these crimes and the ordeal which the victim had to go through."
He noted that a background report revealed he had "shown little indication of remorse for you participation in the crime or concern for your victim".
But the judge took into account that Zahid's role was one "of aiding and abetting and supporting those who were the main participants in the attack, abduction and murder of Kriss Donald".
The murder happened after an attack outside a club on an evening in March, the trial heard.
Genuine remorse
Daanish Zahid and Zahid Mohammed were part of a gang who had set out in a car for revenge the next day and the court heard that they targeted the pair because they were white and lived in the area.
They came across Kriss and another teenager in Kenmure Street and abducted the 15-year-old.
Kriss was stabbed 13 times in the stomach and back before being burned alive.
His near-naked body was found the morning after the abduction behind the Celtic Supporters' Club in London Road, Glasgow.
Before sentencing, Zahid's solicitor told Lord Philip that his client expressed genuine remorse for his actions.
He added that Zahid had been left to shoulder the collective responsibility of the group.
The court heard that Zahid's family had sold their business and moved away.
Mohammed, also of Shields Road, was cleared of murder but admitted abduction. He will be kept under supervision for a further five years after serving his sentence.
Three other individuals, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are being pursued by police in connection with Kriss's murder.
Commenting on the sentence, Kay Hampton of the Commission for Racial Equality in Scotland, said: "This sentencing sends a clear sign that racism, wherever it comes from, is always deplorable.
"We recognise that all of those implicated in the murder have not yet been brought before the courts and our thoughts and sympathy remain with Kriss' family at this time."
