A teenage girl told for the first time this week how three girls punched her in the face while a boy filmed the sickening attack on his mobile phone. So-called 'happy slapping' attacks, which ...

An investigation has begun into footage of a so-called happy slapping attack filmed in front of pupils at a Telford school, education chiefs said today. An investigation has begun into footage of a so ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A teenager has created British legal history after she was prosecuted for filming the fatal beating of a man on her mobile phone, in a so-called "happy slapping" incident.

The filming by private persons of acts of violence–crimes, riots, police brutality–has been banned in France. The new measure, sponsored by Nicolas Sarkozy, minister of the interior and a leading ...

LONDON -- Watch out for "happy slapping," the latest youth craze to sweep Britain. It's not a new dance step or even a new designer drug. It's a criminal assault. Groups of teenagers approach an ...