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Boy, 15, Who Stabbed Girl Multiple Times in Gloucestershire Shop Walks Free

The boy received a 12-month referral order and a three-year restraining order after pleading guilty to stabbing a girl and injuring a shopkeeper.

  • A 14-year-old boy from Wiltshire appeared at Bristol Crown Court yesterday, receiving a 12-month referral order and a three-year restraining order for a stabbing attack in Cirencester.
  • The court heard the boy became obsessed with a 14-year-old girl in his school after she rejected his advances in December last year, prompting him to harass her via fake social media accounts.
  • Armed with a kitchen knife in Cirencester earlier this year, the boy attacked the girl inside a shop, striking the store owner who attempted to pull him away.
  • In a Victim Personal Statement, the girl said, "I shouldn't have to feel like this as a teenager in my own area," describing persistent nightmares and anxiety.
  • Detective Superintendent Ian Fletcher of Gloucestershire Constabulary called the incident a "frenzied attack," stating, "My hope now is that the victim is able to move on from these deeply-traumatic events.
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A Wiltshire teenager who stabbed a girl with a knife multiple times in a Cirencester shop earlier this year has been allowed to walk free.

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