Revenge led to 'abhorrent' transphobic stabbing attack on woman

A woman who carried out a transphobic stabbing attack motivated by a "distorted notion of revenge" has been sentenced to more than eight years in youth detention.

- Matthew Weaver

The victim, a transgender woman who was 18 at the time, was stabbed nine times in Harrow last February in an attack involving five young people wearing masks, the Old Bailey heard. She only survived because passersby stepped in to help, the court was told.

After stabbing the victim nine times, Summer Betts-Ramsey, 20, told a friend "It deserved it". She admitted possessing a knife and causing grievous bodily harm with intent.