Duo sentenced after teenager seriously injured in Fishponds stabbing | Avon and Somerset Police

Posted at 17:44 on 7th January 2022 in In Court Two teenagers have been sentenced after a youth was stabbed multiple times, requiring life-saving treatment in intensive care in hospital. The teenage victim received Snapchat messages from a 16-year-old female asking him to meet her in Fishponds on 12 February 2021. However, when he arrived expecting to find the female for a date, he was instead set upon by a number of males with knives and seriously injured. A police investigation was launched with appeals to identify the culprits. CCTV footage was also analysed, showing the victim trying to escape to safety. A 16-year-old male, who stabbed the victim, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm ahead of a trial in November. The female was found guilty of the same offence by jurors. During her trial, the jury were told the victim was part of a rival group within Bristol and deliberately lured to the Ridgeway Road area that night so he could be attacked. The offenders, who have since both turned 17 and as juveniles cannot be named for legal reasons, were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court today (Friday 7 January). The male received a four-year sentence and the…
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