Boy on trial for stabbing girl at Norfolk school
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 9 Oct, 14:44 · Archive
A 16-year-old boy is on trial for attempting to murder a 15-year-old girl at Thorpe St Andrew High School in Norwich.
A 16-year-old boy is on trial charged with attempted murder at Thorpe St Andrew High School in Norwich. The alleged attack happened on 11 March, in which a 15-year-old girl was stabbed in the back. The trial is being heard at King's Lynn Crown Court.
On the third day of the hearing, a teenage witness was questioned via video link by the boy's defence barrister Stephen Rose KC. The witness confirmed she knew the attacker, though she said she did not know the girl who was stabbed. In a video-recorded police interview shown to the jury, the girl said the boy came up behind his victim and 'stabbed her in the back near her shoulder'. She saw him raise the weapon, which she described as 'like a kitchen knife'.
The stabbed girl told the court that the initial blow felt like she had been punched on the shoulder. She said she ran off but felt pain in her back as she tried to open a door. When she felt her shoulder, she found blood on her hand. The witness said she went to get help straight away, describing the incident as 'pretty shocking'.
How it is being reported
- Girl who witnessed school stabbing knew masked attacker armed with 'kitchen knife'A girl who saw a masked attacker stab another pupil at Thorpe St Andrew High School in Norwich has told a court that she knew him.Norwich Evening News · 9 Oct, 14:19
- Girl who witnessed school stabbing knew masked attacker armed with 'kitchen knife'A girl who saw a masked attacker stab another pupil at Thorpe St Andrew High School in Norwich has told a court that she knew him.Eastern Daily Press · 9 Oct, 14:19
In this story: Thorpe St Andrew High School · Norwich · King's Lynn Crown Court · Norfolk
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