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| Girl detained for killing sister | Girl detained for killing sister |
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| A 14-year-old girl who stabbed her 16-year-old sister in the back has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years' detention for manslaughter. | A 14-year-old girl who stabbed her 16-year-old sister in the back has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years' detention for manslaughter. |
| The girl was cleared by a jury of the murder of her sister but had earlier admitted her manslaughter. | The girl was cleared by a jury of the murder of her sister but had earlier admitted her manslaughter. |
| Bradford Crown Court had heard the pair started fighting after an argument about the 16-year-old's boyfriend. | Bradford Crown Court had heard the pair started fighting after an argument about the 16-year-old's boyfriend. |
| A judge told the girl she "did a terrible thing" by attacking her with a carving knife "to deadly effect". | |
| Grabbed hair | |
| Mr Justice McKinnon said: "The knife entered the deceased's body at the back just to the side of the left shoulder blade at a depth of 12cm, puncturing the lung and causing severe internal bleeding. | |
| "As a result of remarks you made at the time about the deceased's boyfriend, the deceased attacked you, grabbing your hair and pulling it hard." | |
| The 14-year-old then went into the kitchen, grabbing the nearest knife and returned to the living room, where she stabbed her sister. | |
| The jury took less than five-and-a-half hours to find the girl not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by way of provocation. |