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16/07/2012
16-Year-Old On Trial For Steel Comb Murder
A teenage girl has gone on trial at the Old Bailey for killing a 16-year-old, who died after she was stabbed in the head with a steel Afro comb.
The defendant, who is also 16 and cannot be named for legal reasons, denies murdering Julie Sheriff, who died on 21 September last year.
Julie suffered a brain injury after being attacked in Falcon Road, Battersea, south London, on 7 May last year and remained in a coma.
She had been visiting friends in the area and lived with her family in Hackney, east London.
The trial continues.
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The defendant, who is also 16 and cannot be named for legal reasons, denies murdering Julie Sheriff, who died on 21 September last year.
Julie suffered a brain injury after being attacked in Falcon Road, Battersea, south London, on 7 May last year and remained in a coma.
She had been visiting friends in the area and lived with her family in Hackney, east London.
The trial continues.
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