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Boy, 16, denies attempted murder at Norfolk school

Owen Sennittat Norwich Crown Court
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Armed police were called to the school after reports of a stabbing

A 16-year-old boy has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder after a teenage girl was stabbed at a secondary school.

Police were called to Thorpe St Andrew High School, near Norwich, on Wednesday, 11 March to reports of a 15-year-old girl being stabbed in the back.

The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has appeared via video link at Norwich Crown Court and has denied the charge of attempted murder, but he has pleaded guilty to having a kitchen knife without lawful authority.

The boy has been remanded in custody at a youth detention centre. A trial is due to take place in October at the same court.

The girl was treated in hospital for minor injuries and was discharged.

A further case management hearing is due at the court on 1 September.

The trial is due to start on 5 October and is estimated to last up to three weeks.

Qays Najm/BBC Two marked fluorescent yellow, blue and white police cars. Blue and white police tape has been put across the road to cordon it off. There are police officers at the cordon.Qays Najm/BBC
Police were called to the school, on the south-eastern edge of Norwich at 10:25 GMT on 11 March

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