Youths jailed for fatal ‘happy slapping’ of disabled man

Clare Chapman

The two 16-year-olds, who were not named for legal reasons, followed 46-year-old disabled man Andrew Holdcroft as he got off a tram in the southern city of Stuttgart before attacking him last January.

The Stuttgart Regional Court heard how the two youths, one Spanish and one Italian, pushed Mr Holdcroft to the ground before kicking him in the head as he lay defenceless on the ground.