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Youth custody for scissor stabber | Youth custody for scissor stabber |
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A teenager who stabbed a fellow pupil in the eye with scissors in the school dinner queue has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years youth custody. | A teenager who stabbed a fellow pupil in the eye with scissors in the school dinner queue has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years youth custody. |
The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty at Guildford Crown Court of wounding Natashia Jackman with intent. | The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty at Guildford Crown Court of wounding Natashia Jackman with intent. |
Defence lawyers said it was the act of "an unhappy girl who wanted to fit in". | Defence lawyers said it was the act of "an unhappy girl who wanted to fit in". |
Two girls who hid the scissors were last month given community orders for perverting the course of justice. | Two girls who hid the scissors were last month given community orders for perverting the course of justice. |
Natashia narrowly escaped losing her eye in the attack at Collingwood College, Surrey, in November 2005. | Natashia narrowly escaped losing her eye in the attack at Collingwood College, Surrey, in November 2005. |
You showed no remorse then and you have shown very little since Judge John Crocker | |
Sentencing, Judge John Crocker said the offence was so serious, custody was the only option. | Sentencing, Judge John Crocker said the offence was so serious, custody was the only option. |
He said: "When the victim called you a name your reaction was to stab her in the eye. | He said: "When the victim called you a name your reaction was to stab her in the eye. |
"You showed no remorse then and you have shown very little since." | "You showed no remorse then and you have shown very little since." |
He said the length of the term took into account the age of the girl, who was 14 at the time, and her previous good character. | He said the length of the term took into account the age of the girl, who was 14 at the time, and her previous good character. |
The court heard the girl had never settled in Surrey after her family moved there from west London and had been befriended by the two co-defendants. | |
Defence barrister Barry Kogan said she had been taken away from the few friends she managed to make. | |
He said the co-defendants had problems of their own, and one had been accused by Natashia of repeatedly bullying her in the past. |