Jury considers attempted murder charge after school stabbing

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 13:32 · Archive

A jury is considering whether a 16-year-old boy intended to kill a fellow pupil when he stabbed her at Thorpe St Andrew School in Norwich on 11 March.

A jury of four men and eight women has been sent out to consider its verdict in the attempted murder trial of a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing a fellow pupil at Thorpe St Andrew School in Norwich on 11 March. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies the charge. The 15-year-old girl was stabbed with a kitchen knife.

The Hon Mr Justice Lickley presided over the 11-day trial at King's Lynn Crown Court. The prosecution case is that the boy intended to kill the girl. Prosecutors maintained that his writings showed he had a hatred of women, thoughts of violence, and that he had planned an attack at the school before carrying out the stabbing.

The defence argued that the boy's intention was not to kill the girl and that he had not carried out the brutal attack he had planned. His counsel said he stabbed her in the back using 'limited force', inflicting an injury that was not life-threatening. The judge told the jury that the central issue was whether the prosecution had made them sure the boy intended to kill her when he stabbed her.

How it is being reported

• Jury sent out in attempted murder trial of boy, 16, who stabbed girl in schoolA judge has finished summing up in the trial of a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing a female pupil at Thorpe St Andrew School in Norwich.Eastern Daily Press · 20 Oct, 13:21
• Jury sent out in attempted murder trial of boy, 16, who stabbed girl in schoolA judge has finished summing up in the trial of a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing a female pupil at Thorpe St Andrew School in Norwich.Norwich Evening News · 20 Oct, 13:21

In this story: Thorpe St Andrew School · Norwich · King's Lynn Crown Court · Hon Mr Justice Lickley

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