He told her: “Your attack upon him was deliberate, brutal, unprovoked and entirely murderous, and this murder was committed by you at the age of 17 when you were still a child, while you were under the influence of cocaine and alcohol.”<\/p>\n
The trial heard claims that Conner had “fancied” the girl but she kissed another young man that night.<\/p>\n
The Crown claimed she “loved being the centre of attention” and was trying to play the two men off against each other.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But the girl, who is thought to be one of Scotland’s youngest female murderers, exploded when Conner branded her a “stupid wee girl”.<\/p>\n The teenager, who was expelled from school aged 11, grabbed a knife and stabbed him before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n The jury heard the catastrophic puncture wound was 4in (11cm) deep.<\/p>\n She was\u00a0convicted at Glasgow High Court<\/a>\u00a0last month but sentence had been deferred to obtain reports about her character.<\/p>\n Lord Arthurson had been told by defence advocate Tony Graham QC the girl had acknowledged that her actions had caused “devastation” and deprived Conner’s family of their loved one.<\/p>\n But the judge said he had doubts about whether this was correct.<\/p>\n He added: “I have been told that not only do you feel regret but you also expressed empathy towards the victim.<\/p>\n “However, as the presiding judge at your trial I saw nothing of that. Your demeanour was flat and disinterested and you didn’t give out any significant appearance of empathy.<\/p>\n “You are a highly dangerous and unstable individual. The attack on Connor was deliberate, brutal, entirely unprovoked and entirely murderous.”<\/p>\n Lord Arthurson told her the penalty for her crime was fixed by law.<\/p>\n He added: “It was a deliberate, brutal and entirely murderous attack.”<\/p>\n During the trial last year the girl denied murder and claimed she stabbed Conner because she feared he was going to hit her.<\/p>\n She also claimed to have been affected by a previous abusive relationship at the time of the fatal assault.<\/p>\n The court heard how the girl had only known Conner through Facebook before the party and told jurors he was a “nice person”.<\/p>\n But the court heard how she left him to die while fellow party goers tried to save his life.<\/p>\n Officers found her nearby “laughing”.<\/p>\n The trial heard how she later asked an officer: “Can I have my knife back? It is good for cutting onions.”<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Holytown](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/2834\/production\/_100829201_holytownstabbing1204.jpg\")
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