Summer Betts-Ramsey admitted GBH with intent and having a knife over the attack (Picture: Central News/Facebook)
A teenager was stabbed, punched and kicked in a transphobic attack planned on Snapchat by a group of youths she thought were her friends when her gender was revealed.
The girl, who was 18 at the time, was ambushed by the masked mob having been lured to a car park in Harrow, northwest London, under the guise of going to a roller disco.
They had turned on her after one of the group was told she was transgender after having a sexual relationship with her, the Old Bailey heard.
Summer Betts-Ramsey, 20, Bradley Harris, 18, Camron Osei, 18, Shiloh Hindes, 18, and a 17-year-old boy have admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Betts-Ramsey also admitted possession of a knife, and a 17-year-old girl has admitted robbing the woman’s handbag after the attack, and possession of a class B drug.
The woman told the court she now finds it ‘difficult to trust people’ and has ‘thick scars’ from her injuries.
Prosecutor Deanna Heer KC told the court the woman was with Harris at his home in January last year when a mutual friend called to say she was ‘trans’.
‘Having been attacked in the past because of her transgender identity, she denied it,’ Ms Heer said.
She and Harris then kissed, and she performed oral sex on him, the court heard.
Soon afterwards, another friend told Harris that the woman was a ‘tranny’, the prosecutor said.
The woman again denied it but when Harris grabbed a knife and threatened ‘I’ll stab you if you lie’, she admitted she was transgender and was told to leave.
When he then told the group she had lied to him, they turned on her, Ms Heer said.
The Snapchat group, which the youths were a part of, descended into arguing, and Betts-Ramsey threatened to stab the woman.
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During the attack Betts-Ramsey took out a knife and stabbed towards her at least 14 times (Picture: Central News/Facebook)
When the woman asked the group when they would be next meeting, Harris responded: ‘(I’m) not your mate… you tranny.’
Other members of the group encouraged the woman to arrange a fight with Betts-Ramsey, but Ms Heer said it was ‘all a ruse’ to attack her.
Phone evidence revealed that during a call, Betts-Ramsey told someone: ‘I have to go to Harrow to beat up some… a f****** tranny bro.’
On February 10, the woman left her home, believing she was going to a roller-skating event with the group.
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 hoods, and were waiting for her at the bus stop.
As she got to a nearby car park, she was ‘immediately attacked’, and she had no time to say anything or do anything to defend herself.
Once she was on the ground, Betts-Ramsey took out a knife and stabbed towards her at least 14 times.
As Betts-Ramsey was stabbing her, the others continued to attack her with kicks and punches for about 45 seconds before the group left the scene, Ms Heer said.
Shocked witnesses helped the woman, and an ambulance was called.
When they arrived, ambulance staff found she had suffered a number of stab wounds and had a weak pulse, and she was taken to hospital.
Members of the group bragged about the assault later, posting footage on social media, Ms Heer said.
The 17-year-old boy sent the woman a message which said ‘Ur lookin sweet’.
That night, a message was sent to Betts-Ramsey which said: ‘stabbing a girl cus she’s trans… its disgusting’, to which Betts-Ramsey replied: ‘IT deserved it.’
In a victim impact statement read to the court, the woman said she still has ‘thick scars’ as a result of the attack.
‘I find it difficult to trust people,’ she said.
‘I’m always in fear of leaving my house.
‘I never thought someone could have so much hatred towards me.’
The woman said she had suffered panic attacks since the incident, and has struggled to sleep, adding that she fears she might not be able to work as a model thanks to her injuries.
The sentencing hearing continues on Thursday.
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