'Honeytrap' killer deported to T'dad

A young woman described in the English press as the "honeytrap killer," who led her 16-year-old-boyfriend to his death as she wore a see-through dress, has been released from prison after ten years andimmediately deported from the UK to Trinidad, where she was born.

A report in the London
Daily Mail's online edition said Samantha Joseph from Brockley, southeast London, was jailed for life in 2009 for her part in the murder of Shakilus Townsend.

But she has been sent back to Trinidad, after doing a minimum stint of ten years in a British prison. A source told the Mail, "At least she's not been able to stay here after committing such a terrible crime."

Her release followed a hearing in prison, with a spokesman adding: "Parole Board decisions are solely focused on whether a prisoner would represent a significant risk to the public.

"The panel will have carefully looked at any evidence of behaviour change. We do that with great care and public safety is our number one priority."

Joseph, who was 15 at the time, arranged to meet Townsend, wearing a see-through floral dress, on July 3, 2008. They travelled by bus to a quiet cul de sac in Thornton Heath, south London, where she told him they would meet her cousin. But CCTV footage showed Joseph sent a text to Danny McLean to seal her boyfriend's fate.

Joseph lured Townsend into an alleyway, where he was ambushed by a gang of six masked and hooded teenagers. The youngster bled to death after being beaten with a baseball bat and stabbed six times

During the trial, the court heard that Townsend was in love with Joseph, after meeting her a month before the attack. He showered her with gifts and told his mother she was beautiful and he wanted to marry her. But Joseph was also seeing McLean, who was 18 and a member of the street gang Shine My Nine. McLean had dumped Joseph when he found out she had cheated on him.