A schoolgirl who was fatally stabbed within the neck at a Christmas lights switch-on had been"dancing along with her mates" simply moments earlier than, a courtroom heard.
A 14-year-old boy, who can't be named for authorized causes, has denied murdering Ava White as his trial began in the present day (Could 9) at Liverpool Crown Court docket, the Mirror reviews.
Jurors had been informed how Ava arrived with a gaggle of household and pals, aged between 11-15, to observe the festivities in Liverpool Metropolis Centre on November 25, 2021.
12-year-old Ava had been "ingesting a small quantity of vodka" and "dancing and singing" along with her pals when she seen that one other group - together with Boy A had been filming them on Snapchat, Charlotte Newell QC prosecuting stated.
Ava had confronted Boy A and demanded that he "delete the footage".
Ms Newell informed the courtroom that Boy A had then pulled out a 7.5cm lengthy flick knife and stabbed her within the neck, Liverpool Echo reviews.
Ms Newell stated: "It's proper that this grew to become heated and Ava approached Boy A in that indignant temper.
"She didn't inflict any violence upon him better than a push nor did she produce or have any weapon.
"However Boy A's response to this confrontation by this 12-year-old woman was to drag out his knife and stab Ava within the neck.
"Having been attacked in that means Ava instantly grabbed at her neck. It had all occurred so rapidly at the very least a few of her pals assumed at first that she had been punched or strangled."
The courtroom additionally heard that Ava was discovered mendacity on the bottom and bleeding closely from the neck when paramedics arrived on the scene.
She was rushed to hospital however died shortly after with catastrophic accidents.
Ms Newell stated: "He had inflicted a single stab wound to Ava with a knife and that knife had been plunged into her neck to a depth of at the very least 5-6cm, damaging her jugular vein and inflicting catastrophic bleeding which was to show deadly."
The courtroom heard that it was a 'likelihood assembly', with the 2 respective teams not recognized to one another.
The trial continues.
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