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Cirencester knife-case coverage varies on boy's age

Regional news reports of the same court case in September gave the boy’s age as both 14 and 15, a discrepancy visible only when the outlets are compared.

Coverage of a knife attack in a Gloucestershire shop varied on the age of the boy involved [1][2][5]. The Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard reported the boy was 14 and said he attacked a girl with a knife in a Cirencester shop [1]. The Gazette Series and Stroud News and Journal both reported that a girl was stabbed multiple times; the two outlets each carried one version of the report giving the boy's age as 14 and another version giving it as 15 [2][3][4][5]. All of the reports said the boy had been 'allowed to walk free' [1][2][3][4][5].

Sources

  1. Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard: Teenage boy, 14, who attacked girl with knife in Cirencester shop walks free
  2. Gazette Series: VIDEO: Boy, 14, who stabbed girl multiple times in Gloucestershire shop walks free
  3. Stroud News and Journal: VIDEO: Boy, 14, who stabbed girl multiple times in Gloucestershire shop walks free
  4. Gazette Series: VIDEO: Boy, 15, who stabbed girl multiple times in Gloucestershire shop walks free
  5. Stroud News and Journal: VIDEO: Boy, 15, who stabbed girl multiple times in Gloucestershire shop walks free

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