UK teen charged with killing girl aged 7
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A 15-year-old girl has been charged in Britain with killing a 7-year-old girl who died of her injuries after being found on a playing field, police said yesterday.
The teenager “has been charged with murder and possession of an offensive weapon,” North Yorkshire Police said in a statement, appealing for witnesses.
The victim was found near her home in York, northern England. The accused, who cannot be named because she is a minor, appeared in court yesterday and is being kept in custody. Another hearing is scheduled for tomorrow.
The Sun newspaper reported that Katie Rough was discovered by dog walkers with her throat cut on Monday. She was taken to hospital but died of her wounds.
Police released a picture of the victim, a smiling girl in a light blue school uniform dress, clapping her hands.
Prime Minister Theresa May paid tribute to Rough and expressed condolences to her family during her weekly parliamentary questions session.
Britain has had several high-profile child murderers.
The most notorious were Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, both 10 at the time, who were convicted of killing 2-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool in 1993.
Two girls were sentenced to life in prison last year for battering a 39-year-old woman to death in her home in Hartlepool in northeastern England. They were aged 13 and 14 at the time of the killing.
The trial heard they took selfies and communicated on Facebook as they carried out the murder over several hours and then telephoned police to ask for a lift home.
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