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17<br />

Katie Beck is tall and slender with exceptionally<br />

long legs and a narrow waist. She has strong features<br />

and her face is framed by thick dark hair. She is<br />

unreasonably beautiful and she knows it. She is also<br />

<strong>the</strong> Queen-Beyotch <strong>in</strong> a community that has more<br />

than its fair share <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> specie.<br />

Katie Beck first came <strong>to</strong> public attention when<br />

she was <strong>the</strong> defendant <strong>in</strong> a showcase trial that<br />

garnered headl<strong>in</strong>es and captivated <strong>the</strong> Great<br />

Unwashed.<br />

She was accused <strong>of</strong> be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Female<br />

Commandant <strong>of</strong> a crim<strong>in</strong>al gang known as <strong>the</strong><br />

Confederacy <strong>of</strong> Yo<strong>of</strong>s.<br />

She was charged with numerous crimes<br />

<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g extensive <strong>to</strong>rture <strong>of</strong> several <strong>of</strong> her gang who<br />

had not met her expectations. Katie pleaded not<br />

guilty and refused <strong>to</strong> even acknowledge <strong>the</strong> existence<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Yo<strong>of</strong>s.<br />

In very short time it became clear that <strong>the</strong><br />

prosecution’s case was go<strong>in</strong>g tits up. Key witnesses<br />

magically disappeared <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> e<strong>the</strong>r or simply refused<br />

<strong>to</strong> respond <strong>to</strong> cross-exam<strong>in</strong>ation. Katie was regularly<br />

pho<strong>to</strong>graphed look<strong>in</strong>g smug at <strong>the</strong> defense table as<br />

she watched <strong>the</strong> case aga<strong>in</strong>st her fall apart.<br />

However, <strong>the</strong> authorities were not about <strong>to</strong> let<br />

Katie loose <strong>to</strong> reap fur<strong>the</strong>r havoc amongst <strong>the</strong><br />

community and without warn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> trial was<br />

s<strong>to</strong>pped. Shortly afterwards it was reported that she<br />

had been sentenced under <strong>the</strong> new ‘Anti-Ladette’<br />

laws and had been shipped <strong>of</strong>f <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Woody</strong> <strong>Back</strong> <strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>School</strong> Unit.<br />

When I started my sentence Katie Beck had<br />

been appo<strong>in</strong>ted as Red-shirt. Her unlikely rise <strong>to</strong>

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