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Five-Year-Old Girl Battling Cancer Viciously Attacked By Yobs Who Tried To Set Her On Fire
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | August 22, 2009

Posted on 08/22/2009 7:00:07 PM PDT by Steelfish

Five-year-old girl battling cancer viciously attacked by yobs who tried to set her on fire

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER 22nd August 2009

A girl of five who is battling cancer is recovering today after two boys sprayed an aerosol in her face and tried to set her alight.

Scarlett Hellewell had to be rescued by neighbours when the boys pinned her down and sprayed the deodorant in her face in Halifax, West Yorks.

She escaped with just bruises after the deodorant failed to ignite.

Attack: Cancer sufferer Scarlett Hellewell, pictured with her mother Paula, was set upon by thugs who sprayed an aerosol in her face and tried to set her alight [Pic in URL]

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: 'It is reported the girl was playing when she was approached by two young boys who kicked and punched her before spraying an aerosol in her face and attempting to set her alight. The match did not ignite.'

The two young boys, believed to be only 10 and seven, ran off when someone came to Scarlett's help on Tuesday evening. Officers are appealing for witnesses.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: assault; creeps; england; getarope
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To: KarenMarie

The US usually is not too far behind the UK. Breakdowns in family. culture, Judeo-Christian heritage, and law and order have consequences for an entire nation.


21 posted on 08/22/2009 7:24:54 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: dynachrome

The way the UK is any more, the cretins could be 4th generation welfare white trash.

You’re probably right...a can of deodorant would not be in most Islamic bathrooms.


22 posted on 08/22/2009 7:25:22 PM PDT by CARTOUCHE (Two roads diverged and I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference.)
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To: allmost

This is a crime against children!


23 posted on 08/22/2009 7:25:49 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: piytar
Old enough to attack a 5 year old equals old enough to be someone’s b!1c# in prison for the rest of their hopefully short useless lives...

Hear hear!
24 posted on 08/22/2009 7:29:22 PM PDT by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: livius
Thank you, big government and socialism

A very telling story... England also has one of the strictest gun controls in the world... how ironic...

25 posted on 08/22/2009 7:32:09 PM PDT by John123 (My Definition of Liberals - Folks who validates their existence by calling someone a racist.)
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To: livius

When I lived there...

kids used to break into our garage and steal our car. They would come from Redcar to our town, drink in the pubs and steal our car for a ride home. It got to a point where I just left it open so I did not have to pay for anymore windows or locks and we stopped replacing the starter thingy, I used to start my own car with a screwdriver. yes, that is true.

We found the car in the same place every time. We didn’t even bother reporting it after a while bcuz the police (who are as nice as can be, btw) could do nothing for us.

On one occasion, I stayed up and watched and when I saw them, called the cops who arrived within minutes & caught them red handed. They were juveniles so the cops had to let them go. No charges, no arresting, no nothing. And we were not allowed to ask their names or their parents name. not allowed to give info since they were minors.

the cops told us that i should drop my idea of getting a dog bcuz if i got caught letting the dog out to purposely hurt a child, i could ‘get done’. same if i waited and beat the crap out of them. In the end, we build a 10 foot brick wall around our property with a huge wooden gate.

When I went back, many of my old friends told me that the kids were out of control and they feared them, since no punishment comes to them.


26 posted on 08/22/2009 7:32:29 PM PDT by KarenMarie (NEVER believe anything coming out of DC until it's been denied.)
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To: GeronL

Just trying to save the health care system some bucks, ya know.


27 posted on 08/22/2009 7:32:55 PM PDT by tiki (True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
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To: The Pack Knight

I would be happy to pull the switch on these basturds myself.


28 posted on 08/22/2009 7:32:58 PM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: livius

Yeah, it’s been downhill ever since the “glory days” of Sid Viscious & Johnny Rotten. (puke)


29 posted on 08/22/2009 7:37:16 PM PDT by Beloved Levinite (I have a new name for the occupier of The Oval Office: KING FRAUD! (pronounced King "Faa-raud"))
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To: Steelfish
Scarlett is suffering from a tumour which has left her blind in one eye and with marginal sight in the other. Earlier this month the youngster revealed that she and her siblings are selling off their toys to pay for a family holiday before she goes blind.

'I am selling my bunny rabbit bag and hope to get a pound for it and my doggie that the teacher gave me. I want to raise £2.60 for him.'

Her prized possessions in the pic.
30 posted on 08/22/2009 7:37:49 PM PDT by allmost
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To: allmost

My heart goes out to her and her family.


31 posted on 08/22/2009 7:40:11 PM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: Steelfish

SOMETHING ABOUT THIS STORY SMELLS FUNNY!

I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF MOMMY IS ARRESTED FOR REPORTING A HOAX

NO INJURY- NO WITNESSES- NO SUSPECTS- ODD STORY

LOOKING FOR PAYOUT


32 posted on 08/22/2009 7:47:18 PM PDT by Mr. K (THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!!!)
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To: Mr. K

It says that neighbors, not the mother, stopped it.


33 posted on 08/22/2009 7:51:53 PM PDT by allmost
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To: Steelfish

Unbelievable.

But these stories of preteen savagery have become downright routine in Old Blighty for some years now.


34 posted on 08/22/2009 7:52:08 PM PDT by sinanju
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To: Mr. K

Do you think she may have trained the kid to lie to the cops? Wouldn’t there be evidence of the lighter fuel?


35 posted on 08/22/2009 7:52:34 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: KarenMarie

Yep, that’s how it works there nowadays, Little Alex and his droogies can do as they please and fear no consequences.

The late conservative columnist Samuel Francis referred to this state of affairs as “anarcho-tyranny”.


36 posted on 08/22/2009 7:54:38 PM PDT by sinanju
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To: null and void
Any wagers on the backgrounds of these two cretins?

Ammonites?


Hittites, Jebusites, Amalekites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites?
Numbers 13:29 and 1 Kings 9:20
37 posted on 08/22/2009 8:02:59 PM PDT by HighlyOpinionated (At Thermopylae, 1 Million Persians lost 20 Thousand yet failed to disarm 300 Spartans. Molon Labe!)
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To: donna

My son’s best friend was sent by his Calvary Chapel to England to be a Missionary! Only 3% of the population in the U.K. go to church . Very politally correct over there. Very sad.


38 posted on 08/22/2009 8:13:00 PM PDT by tajgirvan ( Please Pray for our American Heroes! The Troops Need Our Prayers! Thank you.)
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To: KarenMarie

I believe it!


39 posted on 08/22/2009 8:17:13 PM PDT by tajgirvan ( Please Pray for our American Heroes! The Troops Need Our Prayers! Thank you.)
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To: tajgirvan

Many countries in Europe used to be great. But since they have joined the EU, they have given up their own individual identity and their individual cultures and societies have slid into the slippery slope of socialism and the deep abyss from which I doubt they can ever recover.

We must never let that happen here.


40 posted on 08/22/2009 8:17:54 PM PDT by Ev Reeman
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