Boy avoids jail after stabbing girl who rejected him in shop

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 12:00 · Archive

A boy who stabbed a girl in a Cirencester shop after she rejected his advances has avoided a custodial sentence.

A boy stabbed a girl in a shop in Cirencester after she rejected his romantic advances. The girl's mother said that without the shopkeeper's swift action, her daughter would have died from her injuries.

The boy was not given a custodial sentence. The girl's mother expressed her disgust at the outcome, describing the decision as 'disgraceful'.

How it is being reported

• Mum of girl stabbed by 'Adolescence' boy in Cirencester shop ‘disgusted’ at sentenceTHE mother of a girl stabbed by a boy in a shop in Cirencester because she wouldn’t go out with him has said it is ‘disgraceful’ he was not jailed.Wilts & Glos Standard · 8 Oct, 11:18
• Mum furious as 'evil and sick' boy escapes jail after frenzied stabbingThe girl's mother says without the quick actions of the shopkeeper her daughter would have diedGloucestershire Live · 8 Oct, 10:23

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