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10/08/2012
Seven Years For Teenager Boy Who Murdered Foster Carer
A teenage boy who stabbed his foster carer to death after he was grounded has been detained for seven years.
The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, attacked 34-year-old Dawn McKenzie at a flat in Hamilton, on 24 June 2011.
She bled to death after being stabbed 10 times on the head and body.
The boy was initially charged with murder but the Crown accepted his plea to a lesser charge of culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
A number of psychiatrists who examined the boy said he was not able to control his behaviour at the time.
Ms McKenzie was stabbed 10 times on the head and body. The fatal blow severed a major blood vessel and caused her to bleed to death.
She was also stabbed twice in the scalp and the force of one of these blows was so great that the tip of the blade broke off and imbedded itself in her skull.
After the boy fled, Mrs McKenzie managed to dial 999 and told police who had stabbed her.
Defensive injuries showed Mrs McKenzie had fought for her life.
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The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, attacked 34-year-old Dawn McKenzie at a flat in Hamilton, on 24 June 2011.
She bled to death after being stabbed 10 times on the head and body.
The boy was initially charged with murder but the Crown accepted his plea to a lesser charge of culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
A number of psychiatrists who examined the boy said he was not able to control his behaviour at the time.
Ms McKenzie was stabbed 10 times on the head and body. The fatal blow severed a major blood vessel and caused her to bleed to death.
She was also stabbed twice in the scalp and the force of one of these blows was so great that the tip of the blade broke off and imbedded itself in her skull.
After the boy fled, Mrs McKenzie managed to dial 999 and told police who had stabbed her.
Defensive injuries showed Mrs McKenzie had fought for her life.
(H)
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