{"id":195277,"date":"2023-10-26T12:11:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T12:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=195277"},"modified":"2023-10-26T12:11:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T12:11:26","slug":"two-schoolgirls-admit-assaulting-15-year-old-black-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/two-schoolgirls-admit-assaulting-15-year-old-black-teen\/","title":{"rendered":"Two schoolgirls admit assaulting 15-year-old black teen"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two teenagers have admitted assaulting a 15-year-old black girl outside a school in a shocking attack – but denied it was racially motivated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both 16-year-old girls, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty to one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on the pupil outside Thomas Knyvett College in Ashford, Surrey, on February 6.<\/p>\n
One defendant is alleged to have repeatedly called the girl a ‘monkey’ and said they were going to ‘rip a dreadlock out of your big fat head’ in a\u00a0Snapchat video of the attack, which went viral.\u00a0She denies that she was the one making the threats.<\/p>\n
The girl also pleaded not guilty to racially aggravated assault and sending a threatening message to the black girl on Snapchat two days before.<\/p>\n
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The violent footage shows a group of young girls attacking a teenager in the middle of the street on a Monday afternoon<\/p>\n
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The victim had nine braids ripped from her head during the attack, it has been reported<\/p>\n
The other\u00a0defendant pleaded guilty to assaulting a second teenage girl by beating on the same day.<\/p>\n
Appearing at Guildford Youth Court on Wednesday, the two schoolgirls spoke only to confirm their names, dates of birth and addresses before entering their pleas.<\/p>\n
Magistrates were shown video of the assault which showed a black pupil being punched, kicked and having her hair pulled while her attackers were egged on by adults.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Amanda Burrows said the teenager who admitted both charges she faced was being ‘encouraged to get involved’ after she pulled back but was ‘certainly involved’ at the beginning.<\/p>\n
Video showed that the defendant was told ‘get on her’ and ‘that’s it, that’s it’ by an adult.<\/p>\n
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The attack occurred close to Thomas Knyvett College, which has come under fire for not intervening quickly enough<\/p>\n
The second victim said in an impact statement that she saw the same defendant assault the first victim while her co-defendant hit her, kicked her in the neck and pulled her hair out.<\/p>\n
The girl also said one defendant dragged her onto the floor and kicked her in the thighs for around five minutes while she was on the floor.<\/p>\n
The black pupil did not provide a victim impact statement but pictures shown in court revealed her braided hair had been pulled out at the scalp and her eyes were bruised.<\/p>\n
The response of staff led to a backlash and criticism by MPs and a protest was held outside the school two days after the attack happened.<\/p>\n
Chairwoman of the bench Sue Hodnett bailed the defendant who admitted all charges until she is sentenced at the same court on November 22.<\/p>\n
The other defendant, who was also bailed, will stand trial on a date to be fixed and be sentenced for the offence she admitted later.<\/p>\n
The family said to be at the centre of a school race attack in Surrey were later branded ‘neighbours from hell’ by locals who said they ‘gone into hiding’ after the assault.<\/p>\n
Locals in Stanwell claim they have been plagued by a campaign of intimidation and anti-social behaviour from the family, made up of a mother in her 30s and three daughters, and said local people are ‘terrified of them.’<\/p>\n
Furious protestors held a rally outside Thomas Knyvett College in Ashford, Surrey, oafter the attack and later marched to the family address less than two miles away in Stanwell.<\/p>\n
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Raspect Fyahbingh from For Ever Family speaks outside Thomas Knyvett College in Ashford, Surrey, following a ‘racist’ attack against a black schoolgirl\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses said one angry demonstrator tried to kick down the front door of the property during heated scenes.<\/p>\n
One neighbour told MailOnline: ‘They really are the neighbours from hell. There are people here who just want to move because they have had enough. They can’t take it any more.<\/p>\n
‘People are terrified of them. We just hope they never come back.’<\/p>\n
Locals said the family had not returned to the modern three-bedroom property since the incident.<\/p>\n