Teenager ‘carved name in girl’s back’

‘He loved having people scared of him’

COURT: The former girlfriend of a teenager accused of plotting to re-enact the Columbine High School massacre at a North Yorkshire school described how he once carved his name into her back.

A jury at Leeds Crown Court heard the teenager had an interest in the Holocaust, Nazism, genocide and serial killers.

THE FORMER girlfriend of a teenager accused of plotting to reenact the Columbine High School massacre at a North Yorkshire school described how he once carved his name into her back.

A court was played video footage of a police interview with the teenage girl in which she described crying in pain as her boyfriend used a knife to inflict permanent injuries.

A jury at Leeds Crown Court also heard the teenager had an interest in the Holocaust, Nazism, genocide and serial killers.

The youngster is on trial with another boy accused of conspiracy to commit murder and a range of alternative charges.

The court has heard the pair, both now 15, hero-worshipped Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold – the teenagers who killed 12 students and a teacher in Colorado in 1999.

It is alleged the pair were planning an attack at their school in the North Yorkshire market town of Northallerton and shared a list of people they wanted dead.

During the interview, the girl described how she became “smitten” with the defendant after meeting him through social media.

The student described how her boyfriend would post live suicides on Instagram, as well as images of dead babies and pictures of “shooters” who had murdered people. She said: “He said he loved having people scared of him because it would make him feel powerful.”

Jurors heard the boy was spoken to by police on one occasion because of his behaviour on social media.

The girl said her boyfriend “admired” Columbine killer Eric Harris and condoned the highschool killing.

She said he accessed the dark web for information on weapons and bomb-making.

She described how the boy had an Instagram account closed down after he posted a live stream of himself attacking a baby doll with a penknife and covering it with fake blood.

She said the teenager had the word Satan carved into the wall above his bed and ‘redrum’ – murder spelt backwards – written on his door. She said she agreed to allow him to carve his name into her back.

Describing the incident, she said: “I lifted my shirt and it felt like he was sawing with a penknife, dragging really deep.

“I was crying and saying ‘can I stop, this hurts.’ He said ‘no let’s get this done’.”

The boy is also charged with unlawful wounding. He also denies a charge of aggravated burglary.

The trial continues.

It felt like he was sawing with a penknife.

Former girlfriend of teenager accused of murder conspiracy.