'Scene of pandemonium' as teenage girl stabbed at railway station – live from court

A "scene of pandemonium" ensued after a schoolgirl was stabbed in the back in an alleged attempted murder at a railway station. Police were called to reports of a serious assault at Cadoxton railway station in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, at 6.20pm on Saturday, January 27.

A 15-year-old boy from the Cardiff area, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with attempted murder, possession of a bladed article in a public place, and perverting the course of justice. He has been deemed unfit to stand trial so instead a jury at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court will hear a trial to decide whether he committed the alleged acts rather than determine guilt or innocence.

Opening the prosecution case before the jury on Monday barrister Alexander Greenwood said they were hearing an an “unusual case” as due to a “mental disability” the defendant had been found unfit to stand trial. He said the case concerned events on the evening of January 27 this year when the female alleged victim in the case attended Cadoxton railway station in order to sell vapes to the defendant.

The defendant was the boyfriend of a female whom the alleged victim “did not get on with” and who had previously asked the alleged victim for a fight, according to Mr Greenwood. The barrister said the alleged victim and her friends met the defendant in an alley near the station and the defendant was in a “highly agitated state”. He said “the deal was done” and a vape was sold and then as the alleged victim was walking away the defendant approached her from behind and “without saying anything stabbed her in the back” before running off.

Mr Greenwood said a “scene of pandemonium” then ensued and emergency services were called. Police were quickly at the station and an