On the night of 31 January, 2013, the smoke alarm started blaring from the Grafton House Hotel in Blackpool, United Kingdom. As residents went outside, they could see flames flickering from the alleyway located behind the hotel. What appeared to be a mannequin was ablaze, but as the fire rescinded, it became apparent that it wasn’t a mannequin at all.
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The Daily Telegraph, 1 February, 2013 – “Two Arrested After Teenager’s Body Found Burning in Alleyway”
The Daily Mirror, 2 February, 2013 – “Pair Quizzed After Body of Teenager is Set Alight”
The Daily Telegraph, 2 February, 2013 – “Teenager Found Dead in Alleyway”
The Gazette, 2 February, 2013 – “We’ll Bring Sasha’s Killer to Justice”
The Gazette, 3 February, 2013 – “Man Charged with Murdering Blackpool Teenager”
The Yorkshire Post, 3 February, 2013 – “Family Pays Tribute to Precious Teenager”
The Gazette, 27 February, 2013 – “Funeral for Tragic Teenager”
The Gazette, 28 February, 2013 – “Our Family Will Never be the Same”
The Gazette, 15 July, 2013 – “Hotel Barman Lured Sasha to her Death”
The Gazette, 16 July, 2013 – “Sasha’s Parents Came Face to Face With Killer”
The Yorkshire Post, 15 July, 2013 – “Student Lured to Her Death by Job Offer, Court Told”
The Yorkshire Post, 16 July, 2013 – “Student Struggled Ferociously to Fend Off Knife Wielding Killer”
The Bolton News, 18 July 2013 – “Teenager Stabbed 58 Times and Dumped in Alleyway”
The Gazette, 18 July, 2013 – “Murder Accused was Acting Calmly”
The Gazette, 19 July, 2013 – “Girl Scared of Accused”
The Gazette, 24 July, 2013 – “Accused Admits he Dumped Sasha’s Body”
The Gazette, 25 July, 2013 – “Accused Sexual Predator”
The Bolton News, 26 July, 2013 – “Barman Who Murdered, Sexually Defiled and Burnt 16-Year-Old Girl After Luring her to Hotel”
The Gazette, 26 July, 2013 – “Murder Trial in Final Stages”
The Daily Mirror, 27 July, 2013 – “Knifed 58 Times Then Burnt by the Demon”
The Gazette, 29 July, 2013 – “Evil Killer Begged my Daughter to Stand by Him”
The Bolton News, 13 August, 2013 – “Sister of Murdered 16-Year-Old to Meet Ed Miliband”
The Bolton News, 17 September, 2013 – “Murder Victim’s Sister Calls for Men’s Attitudes to Change”
The Bolton News, 7 October, 2013 – “Balloons Released in Tribute to Murdered Sasha Marsden”
The Bolton News, 7 February, 2014 – “Depraved Killed Who Brutally Murdered Teenage Girl Fails to Have his Jail Sentence Cut”
The Bolton News, 10 February, 2014 – “Call for More Sex Education After Schoolgirl’s Murder”
The Bolton News, 8 December, 2014 – “Sister of Murdered Teenager Bombarded with Rape and Dearth Threats”
Lancs Live, 16 August, 2023 – “Government Rejects Family’s Plea”
