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Boy, 16, found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing girl at school
Prosecutors said the boy brought a kitchen knife to school and wrote notes about hating women and wanting multiple victims.
- On Wednesday, a jury found a 16-year-old boy guilty of attempted murder after he stabbed a 15-year-old girl in the back at Thorpe St Andrew School in Norfolk.
- Prosecutor Christopher Paxton said the defendant had an "obsessive and dangerous interest in killers and killing" and wrote notes expressing "hatred for women." On March 11, the boy arrived dressed in black, masked, armed with a kitchen knife.
- The teenager was captured on CCTV stabbing the victim, triggering an armed police response and school lockdown at Thorpe St Andrew School. The girl was taken to hospital and later discharged.
- Jurors deliberated for three hours and 54 minutes on Wednesday before reaching their verdict. The defendant, who pleaded guilty to wounding with intent and knife possession, did not give evidence at King's Lynn Crown Court.
- The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced on December 18. Prosecutor Christopher Paxton said it was "sheer good fortune" the victim was not more seriously injured.
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Boy, 16, 'with hatred for women' and stabbed girl, 15, at school
A 16-year-old boy with a 'hatred for women' has been found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing a girl, 15, at school. The boy, then 15, stabbed the girl in the back on March 11 at Thorpe St Andrew School in Norfolk.
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A 16-year-old teenager was found guilty of attempted murder of a 15-year-old student at Thorpe St Andrew School near Norwich, England. Security cameras recorded the time the young man stabbed his colleague in the back. During the trial, the prosecution stated that he took a kitchen knife to the institution and wrote tickets with statements of hatred against women. The sentence was set for December 18, according to the BBC broadcaster. Understand…
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