Gang of youths filmed brutal attack on teenager as mum feared for daughter's life
A Scots mum has spoken out about her anger after a gang of youths allegedly attacked her daughter and filmed the incident.
Ashley Manning, from Musselburgh, East Lothian, claims her daughter Murren, 13, was at the beach with friends on Sunday, June 29, when another group began following them.
The 37-year-old said the horror attack has left the schoolgirl "traumatised". She told our sister title Edinburgh Live: "She was at the beach with a couple of her friends having a lovely time.
"She went down into the sea and she left her jewellery at the top and they took her jewellery and they fired it in the sea, saying 'that's what you get your cheeky little cow, giving me digs'."
When Murren denied giving them dirty looks, her mum said she was threatened by the girls, who refused to let her climb back onto the pier.
She was able to call her mum and make her way to the bus stop to come home. A concerned Ashley called a friend to take her to the bus stop, but by the time she arrived, the youths had caught up with Murren and set upon her.
In shocking footage shared with Edinburgh Live, she can be seen surrounded by a group of girls. One grabs her hair and starts striking her, before the others start joining in kicking and stamping on her before one kicks her in the face.
Ashley continued: "I was going 'Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, please just keep her alive until I get there, just please keep her alive.
"They were about to start battering her again and obviously they saw my car. They ran away up and then down another alley to the beach and I got there and her crocs were lying in the middle of the road, her handbag was everywhere. She was covered in blood."
Ashley said one of the girls earlier tried to make Murren address her as a 'princess' and say sorry for giving her 'dirty looks'.
She said: "They just took advantage of her, they've sniffed her out a mile away because she's soft and gentle and they took advantage of her. But you know what, fair play, because she went for it when they attacked her, she went for it and every single kick in the head that she got, she got back up."
She got Murren home to safety before involving the police, but is still "seething" this happened to her daughter.
She added: "I'm just so angry and I'm so angry at the police's attitude as well. I called 999 and I said my daughter's just been attacked by 20 of them, her head's been bounced on and everything and waited an hour in my friend's car with her all busted up, obviously I wanted to make sure she was safe and cleaned up and stuff so I phone back an hour later and 'there's incidents in front of you', I came home, cleaned her up.
"They came at lunchtime on Monday and [the officer] took a statement and he was basically saying 'This happens all the time.' And I'm just like, nah, you know what I'm not having this.
"They sent out one officer and it was lovely and all that, don't get me wrong, but basically told me that the chances of anything happening to any of them are slim. I'm so, so angry and I don't know what to do. I'm at the end of my tether."
Thankfully Murren suffered only scrapes and bruises, but her mum said she is struggling mentally and was scared to go to the supermarket following the incident due to the crowds. Ashley is worried that she will be affected by this for the rest of her life while the youngsters responsible won't face any consequences.
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She explained: "Every single one of them should be charged and taken in and maybe put away for a couple of months. Like if you do something that serious, where you're going to kick on somebody's head and take their life away from them potentially, you should be seriously, seriously punished.
"There's no excuses for that whatsoever. I'm 37 and I have never in my life had to be like that. She's 13 and she is tiny. She's a size 6 and she's only 5 ft. For her to get that and still be walking. It's a miracle and I really do think that they should be charged and it should be on their criminal record for the rest of their life and that they should get three months in a detention centre. I think they should be taught right from wrong.
"It's going to take me years to get over this, and Murren may never get over this, she's deeply traumatised, and I just hope one day it never happens to them or their family."
Inspector Alan King, from Haddington Police Station, said: 'Around 7.05pm on Sunday, 29 June, 2025, police received a report of the assault of a 13-year-old girl by a group in the Musselburgh area.
"No injuries were reported and the caller requested officers attend the following morning, which they did as agreed. Enquiries are ongoing and officers will engage with local schools in due course."
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