The boy is accused of stabbing two others in the neck with a knife but has denied both charges
A 13-year-old boy has pleaded not guilty after being accused of stabbing two children at a school in North-West London. The boy, who we can’t name due to his age, is accused of launching an attack on two children in front of other students and a teacher at Kingsbury High School in Brent.
It’s alleged the child defendant stabbed two other boys, aged 12 and 13, in the neck, one in a classroom and the other in the school’s playground, in an incident on February 10. Both victims survived the attack, and the boy was arrested and subsequently charged with two counts of attempted murder, which he denies.
At a court hearing at the Old Bailey today, the boy spoke only to confirm his identity and to deny the two counts of attempted murder he is charged with.
“We have been talking about your case and I am afraid we haven’t always used straightforward language because we have been talking about some legal things which have to be covered in this kind of hearing,” Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told the boy, who attended court by video-link.
She added: “The important thing is that you cooperate with your lawyers.”
The child was remanded into custody, and his trial will start on November 23.
