Boy, 15, guilty of attempted murder after stabbing

A TEENAGER has been convicted of attempted murder after stabbing a 15-year-old boy 11 times.

- By ADAM EVERETT

The victim's girlfriend, aged only 14, was also knifed in the chest during the incident on Whitefield Drive in Kirkby.

The altercation, on the evening of April 30 this year, was said to have come in retaliation for an earlier confrontation, which led to one of the defend ant’s friends suffering a head injury after being struck with a metal pole.

A youth, who is also aged 15 and cannot be named for legal reasons, has been on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of charges included attempted murder.

He was found guilty of this count by a jury of six men and six women yesterday, as the verdict was returned by a majority of 11 to one after eight hours and 15 minutes of deliberations.

However, he was cleared of an offence of wounding with intent in relation to the girl.

He had previously admitted the lesser charges of wounding the boy with intent and unlawful wounding concerning the second complainant.

The boy will be sentenced on November 26 and was further remanded into youth detention until this date by Judge Neil Flewitt KC.