Mother, just 17, stabbed youth to death at a party
A TEENAGE girl has become one of Scotland’s youngest female murderers after killing a boy she met just hours earlier.
The 17-year-old plunged a knife into the neck of innocent Conner Cowper at a flat in Holytown, Lanarkshire.
The teenager – who cannot be named – was pregnant at the time of attack in April this year.
Jurors heard Conner, 18, had “fancied” the girl – but she kissed another young man that night.
Prosecutors claimed she “loved being centre of attention” and was trying to “play the two men off against each other”.
But the young killer, who was expelled from school at 11, “exploded” when Conner branded her a “stupid wee girl”. She grabbed a blade, struck defenceless Conner before fleeing the scene.
She was soon held by police – but asked for the knife back as it was “good for cutting onions”.
The 17-year-old denied murder during a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
The teenager insisted she lashed out fearing Conner was going to hit her. She also claimed to have been affected by a previous abusive relationship at the time.
But, prosecutors branded her evidence “utter nonsense”.
She now faces a life sentence after being convicted yesterday.
Lord Arthurson told her: “This was the murder of a young man who you hardly knew and whose life was brutally cut short with a kitchen knife.”
The girl – who gave birth while on remand in Cornton Vale – will return to the dock in the New Year.
The killing happened at a house party in Holytown on April 12.
The girl had only known Conner via Facebook before meeting at the flat.she told jurors: “He was a nice person.”
The court heard she had confided in him about being attacked by a violent ex.
It was claimed Conner was being “flirty” with her at the party – but she was not interested.
The killer instead kissed another man there. She said Conner’s “attitude changed” and he later started rowing with her.
The young mum told the trial the teenager went on to lunge at her.
She left blood-soaked Conner to die as other people at the flat desperately tried to help him. She is due to be sentenced on January 10.