Teenage boy accused of stabbing schoolgirl after writing about hatred of women

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 7 Oct, 19:31 · Archive

A teenager is accused of stabbing a 15-year-old girl in the back at school.

A teenage boy is accused of stabbing a 15-year-old girl in the back at school with a kitchen knife. Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC told the court the defendant 'went to school not to learn but to kill'.

The court heard the teenager had written notes describing his 'hatred of women' and recorded motives including 'misanthropy, misogyny, suicide, bullying'. He is also said to have had a 'dangerous interest in killers and killing'.

How it is being reported

• Teenage boy accused of stabbing girl at school wrote about his ‘hatred for women’, court toldProsecutor Christopher Paxton KC said the defendant ‘went to school not to learn but to kill, taking with him a kitchen knife which he used to stab’ a 15-year-old girl ‘in the back’The Independent · 7 Oct, 19:04
• Schoolboy stabbed girl in the back after writing notes describing his 'hatred of women', court heardThe teenager allegedly recorded the 'motive' as 'misanthropy, misogyny, suicide, bullying'. He is also said to have had a 'dangerous interest in killers and killing'.Daily Mail · 7 Oct, 16:06

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