A TRANSGENDER teenager was stabbed 14 times at a roller skating party by a group of former friends who attacked her for lying about her gender, a court was told.
The victim, who was 18 at the time, was brutally ambushed in a car park near Harrow Leisure Centre, north-west London, last year.
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Summer Betts-Ramsey (pictured) stabbed the victim multiple times, the court heard Credit: Central News
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The trans teenager, who was 18 at the time, was targeted by the gang on February 10 last yearCredit: Google
A group of masked people lured her there under the pretext of being invited to a roller disco and waited for her at the bus stop.
She was then taken to a nearby car park and “immediately attacked”, where Summer Betts-Ramsey, 20, stabbed her at least 14 times.
The court heard the teenager was attacked after a member of the group found out she was transgender after they had sex.
The victim revealed that she now “has a hard time trusting people” and has “thick scars” from her injuries.
Betts-Ramsey, Bradley Harris, 18, Camron Osei, 18, Shiloh Hindes, 18, and an unnamed 17-year-old boy admitted grievous bodily harm with intent at the Old Bailey.
Betts-Ramsey also admitted possessing a knife.
The 17-year-old girl admitted in court that after the attack she robbed the victim’s purse and was in possession of a class B drug.
The court heard how the victim was with Harris at his home when one of his friends called to tell him she was transgender.
Deanna Heer KC, prosecuting, told the Old Bailey: “Having been attacked for her transgender identity in the past, she denied it.”
The court heard that she and Harris kissed and she performed a sexual act on him.
Another friend then contacted Harris to tell him the teenager was transgender.
Ms Heer told the court, when the victim again denied it, Harris threatened to stab her if she lied.
The 18-year-old told him she was transgender, and he told her to leave.
She asked when the defendants would next meet in the Snapchat group.
To which Harris replied: “I’m not you mate you tranny,” the court heard.
They arranged the meeting as a “decoy” to attack the teenager, Ms Heer said.
Betts-Ramsey then told someone in the call: “I’ve got to go to Harrow to beat up some… f****** tranny dude.”
The court heard the victim was under the impression he was meeting a gang for roller skating.
But Betts-Ramsey, Harris, Osei, Hindes and a 17-year-old boy were masked and dressed in black waiting for her at the bus stop.
In a nearby car park, Ms Heer said the teenager was “immediately attacked”.
Betts-Ramsey stabbed her at least 14 times, the court heard.
As the horror unfolded, other members of the group continued to kick and punch the trans girl for nearly a minute, the prosecutor said.
She was saved by citizens who called an ambulance for her.
She was rushed to the hospital with several stab wounds, the court learned.
The group subsequently posted a video of the attack on social media, Ms Heer said.
The 17-year-old also sent the teenager a message saying “You look cute”, the court was told.
After bragging about the attack online, someone messaged Betts and said: “stab a girl because she’s transgender, that’s disgusting.”
The defendant replied: “He deserved it.”
In a victim impact statement read to the court, the woman said she still had “thick scars” as a result of the attack.
“It’s hard for me to trust people,” she said.
“I’m always afraid to leave the house.
“I never thought anyone could hate me so much.”
She told the court that she now suffers from panic attacks and insomnia.
The victim also worries that her future modeling career will be jeopardized because of her scars.
Sentencing continues on Thursday.
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