Happy-slapping Edit Meaning

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A recent craze in which chavs ambush an innocent passer-by, and beat them up while one of the gang videos the whole episode on their mobile phone. The video is kept as a trophy and passed round the class at school.

The chavs who engage in this don't seem to recognise it as assault or have any kind of conscience, which is very worrying. How long will it be before we read about "happy rapes" or "happy murders"?

In London, British Transport police have investigated 200 happy-slapping incidents in the past six months, with eight people charged with attacks at south London stations and bus stops in January alone

See chav, mobile phone, assault, gang, youth