Schoolgirl tells court of three year bullying campaign against her which eventually drove her to stab her tormentor

A 15-year-old schoolgirl has been remanded to an underage correctional facility for four weeks and will undergo mental evaluation after stabbing a classmate on Friday.

The girl has been charged with attempted murder after she stabbed a boy who she said had been bullying her for the last three years.

The incident took place around lunch time in the Samsøgade School in Århus when the girl was asked to clean up alongside her alleged tormentor. She stabbed him in the back with a knife she had brought from home.

She admitted that she had planned and carried out the attack but denied the charge of attempted murder, saying she had already avoided attacking him earlier in the day for fear of stabbing him in the heart. The 15-year-old also said she carried out the attack during school hours as she knew the boy would quickly receive medical attention.

The boy’s injuries are not said to be life threatening but the court was told that it could have been fatal if the wound had been a centimetre to the side.

‘Right afterwards I was so happy, but the others in the class were scared or panicked,’ the girl explained at her preliminary judicial hearing.

According to the girl, she had repeatedly gone to teachers for help with the bully, but they did not pay attention. The most recent case took place the day before the attack.

However, school principal Peter Gaard Sørensen denied the school had a serious bullying problem. He said that after speaking with fellow students and teachers following the incident, none were aware of anyone bullying the girl.

‘None of her teachers were contacted, not even in the last week as was said. I can’t take away from the girl that she felt bullied but I have to say that there are 20 other viewpoints that point in a different direction.’

‘They agree that the girl had had a lot of conflicts with different students, but not especially with the boy who was stabbed,’ he added.