British teenage girl charged with murder of 7-year-old girl

A 15-year-old girl has been charged with the murder of a 7-year-old girl and with possession of an offensive weapon, police in the northern English region of Yorkshire said on Wednesday (January 11).

North Yorkshire Police named the victim as Katie Rough and released a picture of a smiling girl in a school uniform clapping her hands.

The suspect, who cannot be named because she is a minor, was due to appear at York Magistrate Court.

Katie’s family was there to hear the verdict, BBC reported.

Officers were called on Monday (January 9) afternoon to an address in the Woodthorpe area of York, and said they found Katie with life-threatening injuries at a scene nearby. She was taken to hospital but died shortly after arriving there.

The BBC reported that Katie was found on a path leading to a playing field. The police had launched an appeal for witnesses and were looking for two girls, one aged 15 years old and the other seven, who were been seen in the area.