Man ‘stoned to de@th on Kent beach after trying to meet 16-year-old girl’

Three teenagers posed as a 16-year-old girl to lure a man to a beach and be@t him to de@th with rocks while calling him a “f***ing padophile”, a court has heard. The trio a 16-year-old girl and two boys aged 15 and 16 are on trial at Woolwich Crown Court charged with murdring Alexander Cashford, 49, in Leysdown-on-Sea, Kent, on August 10 2025.  Jurors heard yesterday,  January 14, that Mr Cashford met his alleged k!llers at the Playtime Arcade on the seaside resorts promenade and gave the girl his number on a business card. The older boy saved it in his phone under the name “Pdo”  and the court heard the two swapped around 75 messages over the following two days, with Mr Cashford believing he was in contact with a girl named Sienna. The first, sent from the boys phone to Mr Cashford, read: “Hi its the girl from the arcade but to let you know I am 16 if u care about that kind of thing.” He replied: “Whats your name? Youre really pretty.” Mr Cashford claimed to be 30, asked her if she liked champagne and said he wanted to kiss her, with “Sienna” then suggesting they meet at her empty parents home and telling him to bring alcohol, the jury heard. He travelled to meet the 16-year-old female defendant at around 7pm on August 10 at the seafront. Just over an hour later he was de@d.  Jurors heard that witnesses described seeing Mr Cashford lying lifeless in the mud while rocks were pelted at his head and body. Prosecutor Kate Blumgart KC told them today that a post-mortem examination showed he had injuries to his face and head, bruises on his limbs and body, and a number of fractured ribs that had punctured his lung. She said the two boys followed Mr Cashford and the girl as they walked along the promenade in the Isle of Sheppey village, before the 16-year-old boy hit him on the back of the head with a bottle. Footage of the boys chasing Mr Cashford was played to the court. The girl, who is filming, can be heard shouting “f***ing padophile, Im f***ing 16, get him”. Jurors heard that moments before he was arrested, the older boy shared footage of the attack with three people, with the caption: “f***** pdo up lol”. Ms Blumgart told them: “These three defendants did happen by chance to meet Mr Cashford. What happened thereafter however was not by chance. “They were so outraged by his interest in ‘Sienna’ that they deliberately planned to meet him and to attack him. “This was a joint attack with each of them playing a vital part.” The prosecutor said the two boys followed Mr Cashford and the girl “for a considerable distance 850 metres” during which time the older one “armed himself with a bottle that he subsequently used”. “He was later seen by witnesses throwing large rocks at Mr Cashfords already seemingly lifeless body and head,” she added. “This at the tail end of a vicious onslaught.” All three teenagers deny murdr. Their trial continues today, Jan. 15.The post Man stoned to de@th on Kent beach after trying to meet 16-year-old girl appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.