Boy, 14, tried to murder love rival after impersonating his own girlfriend on Snapchat

A 14 year old thug, who had previously subjected another boy to a brutal assault while armed with a knife in a city centre car park, attempted to murder a love rival two years later. Kevin Biji was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday after he stabbed his victim in the heart with a machete.

The 16 year old, wearing a balaclava, lured his target into a dark alleyway by impersonating his own girlfriend on Snapchat before launching the horrific attack. The other teenager nearly died from being stabbed twice in the chest and was only saved due to life-saving surgery.

A trial at Liverpool Crown Court revealed that Biji and the complainant attended the same sixth-form college and were involved with the same girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons and will instead be referred to as Girl A. On the evening of April 9 this year, the boy - also aged 16 - was at home when he received a Snapchat message from her account "inviting him round to her house for sex".

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David Birrell, prosecuting, described how the teen was "a little suspicious" and asked "whether she was with the defendant", but was told that she was not. They then agreed to meet down a side street off Hailsham Road in Aigburth.

A teenager cycled to a secluded alleyway and was ambushed around 10.30pm by an assailant, Biji, who "suddenly emerged" wearing a balaclava and wielding a "machete about a foot long". The now 17 year old from Kamala Way in Norris Green, "lunged" at his victim with the weapon while claiming "That's my ting", referring to Girl A, as the boy tried to defend himself with his bike, reports the Liverpool Echo.

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