Teen Girls Jailed For Torturing 16-Year-Old Friend, Filming Attack On Snapchat

Two teenage girls were sentenced to imprisonment Tuesday for torturing their 16-year-old friend at a London care home and posting the footage of it on Snapchat.

Chyane Stephenson-Dielhenn, 18, and a 16-year-old girl from Dagenham, England, held the victim hostage for eight hours in a hostel room on March 4 this year where they forced her into degrading acts.

Snaresbrook Crown Court heard the victim was tied up, punched and warned she and her family would be killed if she tried to escape. She was also forced to snort a salt and tea bag mixture, swallow her own vomit and eat noodles soaked in urine from a bowl on the floor. They then posted footage of the humiliating ordeal on Snapchat.

Jurors who saw the footage were shocked to see that instead of raising the alarm, the recipients of the Snapchat videos sent suggestions about what the girls should do to their victim next.

“This was nothing other than a wicked and despicable attack over a period of up to 10 hours. The victim was assaulted and detained against her will and told if she left then her life and the lives of her family would be in danger. Some of the degradation was filmed on a phone,” Prosecutor James Thacker said, Evening Standard reported.

He added the girl escaped when Stephenson-Dielhenn ordered her to take a shower and ran to the reception.

“She was seen by a member of staff who had never seen anything like what he saw that day. The victim was extremely frightened and sought refuge under a desk in the office,” he said.

In July, the 16-year-old admitted false imprisonment and assault. She had eight previous convictions for crimes including criminal damage, battery, robbery and theft. Stephenson-Dielhenn was convicted of false imprisonment and assault and sentenced to three years. Her co-defendant got two-and-a-half years and will be serving her term at a youth detention center.

Sentencing the pair, Recorder Shaun Murphy said, “The victim is scarred mentally and physically and this has caused her nightmares that still continue.”

Prosecutor Elaine Cousins, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said, “This was an unprovoked, cruel and sickening attack on an innocent young girl. The behavior displayed was sadistic. Together Stephenson-Dielhenn and her co-defendant egged each other on and took pleasure in controlling, humiliating and degrading the young victim. I hope this conviction provides her with some comfort and makes clear that those who commit such vile acts will be prosecuted," BBC reported.

Cousins added the victim showed great bravery in reporting the attack and testifying in the case.