CCTV Shows Girl, 14, Stabbed by Boy for Rejecting His Advances
The boy admitted knife offenses after CCTV showed him lying in wait and stabbing the girl, police said.
- On Monday, September 21, Bristol Crown Court sentenced a 14-year-old boy to a 12-month referral order and a three-year restraining order for stabbing a girl who rejected his advances.
- The attack occurred on March 15 at Upper Churnside in Cirencester after the boy developed an obsession with the girl following her rejection of his advances in December 2025.
- Armed with a kitchen knife, the offender repeatedly stabbed the girl, leaving her with cuts to her neck, hands, and face; a shopkeeper intervening suffered a cut to his back.
- In a Victim Personal Statement read in court, the girl said, "I'm scared and nervous anywhere that I go," describing ongoing nightmares and struggles to trust people.
- Detective Superintendent Ian Fletcher, Head of Serious and Complex Investigations, called the incident a "frenzied attack," noting the victim was "very, very lucky to get away with only minor injuries.
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The case of a 14-year-old boy in Britain who attacked a peer with a knife because she refused to go out with him is shocking. The incident occurred on March 15, in a shop in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. According to what was presented to the court, the minor had developed an obsession with the girl, with whom he attended the same school, and had allegedly approached her for months. As reported to the court, the minor had rejected his advances i…
A brutal kitchen knife attack took place in a shop in Britain when a 14-year-old stabbed his underage ex-girlfriend because she ended their relationship, an incident that was caught on security cameras and caused horror. The perpetrator, who displayed obsessive behavior, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent and was given a restraining order.
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