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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Terence Repelente

'Obsessed' Boy, 14, Stabbed Girl Multiple Times After Rejection, Gets Maximum One-Year Referral Order

A 14-year-old boy has been sentenced after attacking a teenage girl with a knife inside a shop in Cirencester (Credit: Gloucestershire Police)

A 14-year-old boy who became 'obsessed' with a schoolgirl before stabbing her repeatedly in a shop after she rejected his advances has been given a 12-month referral order and a three-year restraining order.

The boy was sentenced at a Crown Court hearing on Monday after previously admitting wounding with intent, inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent and possession of a bladed article in a public place.

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