Coronation Street fans were bawling after watching the heartbreaking scenes of Seb Franklin and Nina Lucas being attacked on the show this week.On Wednesday's episode, we saw how Seb and Nina were attacked by Corey Brent and his gang of drunken mates.Things took a darker turn on Friday when Seb died from the horrific injuries he received from the hate crime.However, most viewers may not know the storyline was in fact inspired by a real-life tragic murder.Seb and Nina, as horrific as it was, are fictional but the stories behind the inspiration are not.Sophie Lancaster and her boyfriend Robert Maltby were injured in 2007, and Sophie, 20, was beaten to death because of the way she dressed.On August 11, 2007, she and her boyfriend Robert were.
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