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| Sister killing jurors sent home | |
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| A jury hearing the case of a teenage girl who killed her sister with a carving knife has been sent home after the first day of deliberations. | |
| The 14-year-old admits manslaughter but denies murdering her 16-year-old sister at their home in the Ovenden area of Halifax, West Yorkshire, on 26 March. | The 14-year-old admits manslaughter but denies murdering her 16-year-old sister at their home in the Ovenden area of Halifax, West Yorkshire, on 26 March. |
| An argument escalated about boyfriends, but the defendant said she had intended to scare her sister, not kill her. | |
| Judge Mr Justice McKinnon said he would accept a majority verdict. | |
| The jury of three men and nine women heard that the argument became physical after the insults about their respective boyfriends. | |
| The defendant told her sister that her boyfriend "wouldn't amount to much", working in a supermarket. | The defendant told her sister that her boyfriend "wouldn't amount to much", working in a supermarket. |
| I'm sorry and I love her and I want her back Trial defendant | |
| But the court heard the 16-year-old, who was besotted with her boyfriend, would "go mad" if anyone said anything bad about him. | But the court heard the 16-year-old, who was besotted with her boyfriend, would "go mad" if anyone said anything bad about him. |
| The older girl flew at the defendant, grabbed her by the hair and fell to the couch, kicking her in the head. | The older girl flew at the defendant, grabbed her by the hair and fell to the couch, kicking her in the head. |
| The mother, who is divorced from their father, separated the two girls. | The mother, who is divorced from their father, separated the two girls. |
| Then the defendant ran into the kitchen and picked up a knife, retuning to the living room. | Then the defendant ran into the kitchen and picked up a knife, retuning to the living room. |
| She told the jury she was "proper upset and angry". | She told the jury she was "proper upset and angry". |
| Severe bleeding | |
| Her mother told her to put the knife down before looking on horrified "as blood sprayed up the wall". | Her mother told her to put the knife down before looking on horrified "as blood sprayed up the wall". |
| When the defendant dropped the knife her sister picked it up and stabbed her in the back of the thigh. | When the defendant dropped the knife her sister picked it up and stabbed her in the back of the thigh. |
| Both girls were taken by ambulance to Calderdale Royal Hospital, where the older girl died in the early hours of the morning. | Both girls were taken by ambulance to Calderdale Royal Hospital, where the older girl died in the early hours of the morning. |
| She died of severe internal bleeding after the blade went in beside the shoulder blade, puncturing the lung and causing a 10-12cm deep wound. | She died of severe internal bleeding after the blade went in beside the shoulder blade, puncturing the lung and causing a 10-12cm deep wound. |
| The defendant had told the court:Â "I'm sorry and I love her and I want her back." | The defendant had told the court:Â "I'm sorry and I love her and I want her back." |