Rejected petition Punish 'The Sun' newspaper over disgusting rape and murder headline.

Absolutely disgusted by this headline from July 20th 2016.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1475876/doctors-daughter-necked-six-jagerbombs-in-ten-minutes-on-the-night-she-was-raped-and-murdered/?CMP=spklr-_-Editorial-_-TWITTER-_-TheSunNewspaper-_-20160720-_-News-_-521730770

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Date submitted 20 July 2016
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