Mother criticises court after teenager who stabbed her daughter avoids prison

A mother has voiced her anger after a 14-year-old boy who stabbed her daughter was not sent to jail, the Daily Mail and LBC reported. The boy launched the attack in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, on the morning of March 15 this year after the girl refused to go out with him. The Daily Mail reported that the youth followed her to a shop and waited outside with a blade in his pocket before carrying out the assault. [1][2]

According to the Daily Mail, the girl's mother branded the decision not to send the teenager to prison as a disgrace. LBC reported that the mother also described the sentence as disgusting and evil. [1][2]

The court heard that the traumatic incident left the schoolgirl with nightmares, according to the Daily Mail. The mother stated that her daughter is now too scared to go about her daily life alone. [1]