A teenager knifed a 15-year-old boy 11 times and stabbed his girlfriend in the chest, a court has heard.
The boy, who is also 15, is alleged to have conducted the ‘premeditated’ attack in retaliation to a previous incident, in which his friend was struck with a metal pole.
He is then said to have stashed the knife in his bottoms before approaching the other boy ‘from his blindside’ at a bus stop in Kirby, Liverpool, on April 30 this year.
He also slashed a 14-year-old girl with a knife after she attempted to intervene, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
The teenager went on trial today accused of multiple charges including attempted murder.
A jury of 12 people were played CCTV footage showing the defendant, who was 14 at the time of the attack, and one of his friends approaching the bus stop with their hoods up.
Another boy, who was there with two girls, then seemingly picked up a bottle from the floor and confronted the second male, yelling: ‘What? What? What?’
The defendant was then seen ‘circling behind him, approaching from his blindside’ and uncovering a weapon from his trousers before allegedly knifing the teen, causing him to tumble to the ground.
A teenager knifed a 15-year-old boy 11 times and stabbed his girlfriend in the chest, Liverpool Crown Court (pictured) heard
Screams could be heard as the teen continued to stab the boy and kicked his head, the court heard.
During the prosecution’s opening, Arthur Gibson said: ‘In all, he delivers 11 stab blows to [the boy]. In the course of the attack, [the boy’s girlfriend] intervenes and comes between the two of them. He stabs her once. That, in a nutshell, is what this case is all about.’
Both victims were rushed to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital having suffered serious stab wounds in the attack.
They have since made ‘good recoveries’, the Liverpool Echo first reported.
The stabbing is alleged to have come after a previous incident near Tithe Barn Lane, in which the injured boy is said to have thrown a metal pole at another friend of the defendant, leaving him requiring hospital treatment for a head injury.
This followed the other boy in the opposing group reportedly ‘produc[ing] a weapon from his trousers’.
The defendant went home after the first dispute, but after receiving a brief phone call from his friend after 8pm, the pair were shown meeting up again before walking towards the bus shelter, the court heard.
The youth, who is represented by Julian Nutter, denies trying to murder the boy and wounding with intent against the girl.
He has pleaded guilty to the lesser charges of wounding with intent in relation to the former complainant and unlawful wounding concerning the latter.
The boy was allowed to stay on the back row of the counsel benches in courtroom 31 next to his father and two chaperones during the hearing.
The trial continues.
