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Yahoo News wrote:Murdered teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan was told she was going to die throughout a terrifying ordeal of rape and torture before her killing, a court has heard.

The 16-year-old who was stabbed to death in Reading's Prospect Park on May 7 of last year was abducted by a gang of men and tortured before being stabbed to death, a jury at Reading Crown Court heard.

An 18-year-old friend, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was also put through the ordeal and shot in the head but "miraculously" survived, the court heard.

Opening the case Richard Latham QC told a jury of eight women and four men that the six men in the dock had been jointly charged and shared joint responsibility in Mary-Ann and her friend's ordeal. He told the jury: "They had different roles but we say they were acting together as part of a joint enterprise to torture and kill these two young women."

Highlighting how the girls had been repeatedly assaulted and forced to smoke heroin and crack cocaine, Mr Latham added: "Most seriously of all they were told throughout that they were going to die that night when the men had finished with them."

Six men, all from South and West London deny charges of murder, attempted murder, kidnap, rape and causing grievous bodily harm to the two friends.

Painter Adrian Thomas, 20, of Battersea, south London, Llewellyn Adams, 24, of Balham, south London, 18-year-old Indrit Krasniqi, of Chiswick, 19-year-old Michael Johnson of Southfields and brothers Jamaile and Joshua Morally, 23 and 22, of Balham, all deny a total of nine counts, which include one charge of murder, one charge of attempted murder, two counts of kidnap, three counts of rape and two of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Jamaile Morally also denies a further charge of raping Mary-Ann.

Setting out his case to the jury Mr Latham said: "The evidence and the events that you are going to hear about are both disturbing and highly unpleasant, it follows that there will need to be from you a calm approach, do your best at all times to be objective and put emotion to one side."

The BBC wrote:A teenager was stabbed to death after suffering hours of being tortured and raped, a court has heard.

Mary-Ann Leneghan, 16, and a friend were abducted by a gang of six men before being taken to a guest house.

Mary-Ann's body was found with stab wounds in Reading's Prospect Park in May last year. Her friend was shot in the head but survived.

Six men appearing at Reading Crown Court deny charges including murder, kidnap and rape.

Throughout her terrifying ordeal Mary-Ann was told she was going to die, the jury at Reading Crown Court was told.

Painter Adrian Thomas, 20, of Battersea, south London; Llewellyn Adams, 24, of Balham, south London; 18-year-old Indrit Krasniqi, of Chiswick; 19-year-old Michael Johnson of Southfields and brothers Jamaile and Joshua Morally, 23 and 22, of Balham, all deny a total of nine charges.

These include one charge of murder, one charge of attempted murder, two counts of kidnap, three counts of rape and two of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

Jamaile Morally also denies a further charge of raping Mary-Ann.

Opening the case, Richard Latham QC told a jury of eight women and four men that the men in the dock had been jointly charged and shared joint responsibility in Mary-Ann and her friend's ordeal.

He told the jury: "They had different roles but we say they were acting together as part of a joint enterprise to torture and kill these two young women."

'Loaded gun'

Mr Latham told the jury that on the night of 6 May last year Mary-Ann and her 18-year-old friend were sitting in a car in the car park of the Wallingford Arms pub in Reading when they were abducted.

He told the court that the two girls were bundled into the boot of a red Nissan Almera and driven to the Abbey guesthouse in Reading where the men booked into a room.

He said: "For the next few hours they were seriously assaulted, they were raped, they were made to smoke heroin and crack cocaine and most seriously of all they were told throughout that they were going to die that night when the men had finished with them."

He told the court that the girls were then taken to Prospect Park in Reading where a pillow was placed over Mary-Ann's head before she was repeatedly stabbed to death.

'Miraculous survival'

He said that a pillow was also placed over her friend's head.

"A loaded gun was placed against her forehead and it was discharged. She was instantly unconscious and she was left for dead," Mr Latham said.

"Miraculously the bullet did not kill her. It was she who raised the alarm asking for the assistance of a passer-by."

Mr Latham said the men's alleged attacks on the two victims had been to exact "revenge" for "setting up" one of their number in a robbery the previous month.

Mr Thomas was assaulted and robbed of his belongings at his Oxford Road flat on the night of 18/19 April, the court heard.

Mr Latham said Mr Thomas gathered together a group of men with a "gameplan" of driving from South London to Reading in the early hours of 6 May to take revenge on the girls.

The trial continues.