GUILTY UK - Alexander Cashford, 49. Three juveniles, 2 boys and 1 girl, found guilty of manslaughter; Leysdown-on-Sea, Kent, 10 August 2025

[MrsWatson]

Children charged with murder as Alexander Cashford dies in Kent

Alexander Cashford, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene in Leysdown-on-Sea in Kent, police said.

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[MrsWatson]

Three children charged with murder after death of man on Isle of Sheppey

Girl, 16, and two boys, 14 and 15, detained after disturbance in Leysdown-on-Sea in which Alexander Cashford died

www.theguardian.com

A girl, 16, and two boys, aged 14 and 15, have been remanded in custody to appear at Medway magistrates court on Wednesday, Kent police said.

 

[MrsWatson]

Pictured: Man 'beaten to death with concrete slab'

Alexander Cashford, 49, was found dead with multiple serious injuries in Leysdown-on-Sea on Sunday.

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A group of holidaymakers allege the man was hit in the head with a large concrete slab before a local tried to save his life.

 

[CatsnChickens]

Aparently a 12 year old girl is still being questioned as well.

I depair what is happening to children to make them so violent.

 

[BaronessWombat]

This is very unusual IMO. I've heard of teenagers killing teenagers, but not a bunch of them killing what appears to be a healthy middle aged adult, in public, in this way. How the children knew him might answer a few questions.

Apparently he was an electrician. Teenagers in Court Charged with Murder of Electrician Alexander Cashman on Leysdown Beach | UKNIP | UK News in Pictures

 

[MrsWatson]

Oh dear.

Man 'beaten to death by teens on beach' was a convicted stalker

EXCLUSIVE: Alexander Cashford, 49, was found dead with multiple serious injuries in Leysdown-on-Sea in Kent on Sunday.

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[Bluebear15]

Whilst he clearly wasn't a nice man, none of his convictions excuse what happened.
They were apparently from London, and he from Kent, so it's likely they didn't know him.
Jmo

 

[BaronessWombat]

Whilst he clearly wasn't a nice man, none of his convictions excuse what happened.
They were apparently from London, and he from Kent, so it's likely they didn't know him.
Jmo

There are lots of caravan and chalet parks in that area. They might have all been staying/own on the same site and "knew" him that way, even if it was just for a week. I doubt it was a completely random attack/mugging that went wrong. JMO.

 

[BaronessWombat]

Inquest opened and then suspended.

Inquest opens into death of beach murder probe victim

An inquest has opened into the death of a 49-year-old man near a seaside resort which has seen three teenagers charged on suspicion of murder.

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"Prosecutor Craig Evans added that although post-mortem examinations continue, Mr Cashford may have died as the result of “a medical episode such as a cardiac arrest which could have been brought on by being chased and attacked”."

 

[bobbymkii]

A man was lured to a beach by three teenagers who stoned him to death calling him a ‘f***ing paedo’, a court has heard.


Alexander Cashford, 49, met his three alleged killers – a 16-year-old girl and two boys aged 15 and 16 – ‘quite by chance’ in Leysdown-on-Sea, on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, on August 8 last year.


He gave the girl his number and the teenagers then sent him messages using the fake name ‘Sienna’, eventually arranging to meet him by the sea wall on August 10, jurors were told today.

Teens 'lured man to beach and stoned him to death saying he was a paedophile'

Alexander Cashford, 49, met his three alleged killers ‘quite by chance’ in Leysdown-on-Sea on August 8 last year.

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[Deleted member 369619]

The amount of hate in this world never ceases to amaze me.

 

[bobbymkii]

Footage of electrician Alexander Cashford allegedly being attacked with glass bottle shown in murder trial

Footage of electrician Alexander Cashford allegedly being attacked with glass bottle shown in murder trial PA/CPS

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Teenagers’ alleged attack on Alexander Cashford on beachfront played in court

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[Tr4cy]

Three teenagers guilty of killing a man on a Kent beach | The Crown Prosecution Service

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[Rikissa]

Article from 16 February 2026:

A 16-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy were cleared of murdering Alexander Cashford, 49, but convicted of the secondary charge of manslaughter at Woolwich crown court.
<snip>
A 16-year-old boy who was also involved in the attack previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The three defendants cannot be legally named because of their ages.

Sentencing is expected in April.

Girl, 16, and, boy, 15, found guilty over killing of man pelted with rocks in Kent

Pair cleared of murdering Alexander Cashford, who they believed was a paedophile, but convicted of manslaughter

www.theguardian.com

 

[Rikissa]

A man was lured to a beach by three teenagers who stoned him to death calling him a ‘f***ing paedo’, a court has heard.


Alexander Cashford, 49, met his three alleged killers – a 16-year-old girl and two boys aged 15 and 16 – ‘quite by chance’ in Leysdown-on-Sea, on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, on August 8 last year.


He gave the girl his number and the teenagers then sent him messages using the fake name ‘Sienna’, eventually arranging to meet him by the sea wall on August 10, jurors were told today.

Teens 'lured man to beach and stoned him to death saying he was a paedophile'

Alexander Cashford, 49, met his three alleged killers ‘quite by chance’ in Leysdown-on-Sea on August 8 last year.

metro.co.uk

Regardless of how morally wrong (or how disgusting) it is for a grown man, or woman, to try to pick up a teenager who is over 16, legally the person is not breaking a law in the UK, as the age of consent is 16. In this case the teenagers told him the girl was 16, and it was they who arranged the meeting.

The term "paedofilia" is used in everyday speech for covering all ages, but it's correct meaning is attraction to pre-pubescent children. The term "hebefilia" is used for pubescent children (11-14), and "ephebofilia" means the preference of mid-to-late adolescents, which seems to have been the case here.