Serial killer obsessed schoolgirl who stabbed friend with a kitchen knife over social media row jailed for 10 years

A SERIAL killer obsessed schoolgirl who stabbed her best friend with a kitchen knife over a social media row has been jailed for 10 years.

The teen, who was 14 at the time, was found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing her best friend at their school.

The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, lured her victim to a quiet corner of their school grounds with the promise of giving her a present before stabbing her on April 25.

The year-10 pupil, now aged 15 years, had previously planned to kill her own mother and brother, and said she was inspired by mass shootings such as the Columbine school massacre in America.

She was "obsessed with serial killers and school shootings" and had researched fatal stab wounds.

Dressed in white shirt with a black, hooded coat, she was emotionless and unblinking as she was sentenced to 10 years behind bars followed by an extension period of four years to be served on licence.

"There is simply no comprehensible motive for this attack at all, which was carefully planned and premeditated, and you could not explain it yourself, said High Court judge Mr Justice Peter Fraser, in sentencing the girl who cannot be named for legal reasons.

"You said part of you did not want to commit this offence but part off you was making you do it and felt you had no choice but to do it."

The girl denied intending to kill her victim but had admitted wanting to hurt her during a trial at Winchester Crown Court.A court heard the attacker had been the victim of "online abuse, unwanted attention and obscene suggestions from third parties" after her details were released online.

She wrongfully accused her future victim of releasing them in the weeks before the attack.

The defendant previously pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding and possession of a bladed article on school premises.

She previously told the court she did not hate her victim, who is known only as Miss A.

"There was no animosity or hostility on your part towards A," the continued as he sentenced the girl at Winchester Crown Court.

"She was just a convenient target."

Mr Justice Fraser added:"Your school friends gave evidence and you admit that you had an obsession with serial killers and school shootings.

"You watched snuff movies on the internet and would show these to your friends at school on your phone, for shock value.

"These films showed people being actually tortured and killed, with these dreadful images recorded and posted online.

"You watched films where people were murdered, chopped up and also an IS video, the link for which was sent to you by an online contact in America.

"One of the films you watched and showed to your friends was the rape of a tiny baby by an adult. Whatever your mental state at the time, common sense suggests that watching such material can only have made it far worse."

Before the attack the teenager asked her friend to close her eyes before pulling a knife out of her bag and lunging at her.

The victim escaped with a minor injury to her chest because she opened her eyes at the moment of the attack and managed to pull away and run off.The girl admitted she had been fascinated with serial killers and had even produced a fashion GCSE project based on American Ted Bundy.

She had also planned to slit the throats of her mother and brother while they slept and, the court heard, she had produced a journal, which she later burned, with a plan for a school shooting which included a "kill list" of 60 people.

The defendant told the court she had planned to do something "sensational" so that she would "stand out" from others.

The judge continued: "You describe yourself as 'motivated' by serial killers such as the two boys who carried out the Columbine school massacre in the United States.'

"You based a school fashion project on Ted Bundy, another notorious serial killer," he added.

"You prepared a 'kill list' of of about 60 people and made outline plans to carry out a school shooting of your own.

"You listed the names of people at school, as well as your own mother and brother, in your journal."

Although this never happened, another plan was drawn up to kill her mum and brother while they slept at home, something she discussed with another friend, and researched online killing people with a knife, slitting someone's throat, muffling people's cries and the length of time for someone to bleed to death.

"You discussed cutting your face like The Joker in the Batman films, pleading insanity and going on the run together. She did not take you seriously but went along with you," he added.

"You said that you would blame it on voices in your head if anything went wrong with the plan."

Although she did cut her face like The Joker, she did not go through with the plan, instead deciding to murder her school friend, covering her facial injuries with make-up and a scarf the following day.

Mr Justice Fraser ruled the defendant poses a "significant risk to members of the public of serious harm" and sentenced her to ten years behind bars in a secure unit, with a further four years on licence.

He added: "You do have a lack of emotionality, are highly controlled and also you do not know very much about the darker side that you doubtless have.

"You had an active interest in killing and may also have a current interest in doing so."

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