Schoolgirl 'stabbed for love of AC/DC'

[ABlairican Pie]

From Telegraph.co.uk:

Schoolgirl 'stabbed for love of AC/DC'


(Filed: 30/08/2006)



A teenager who was stabbed in the eye during her school lunch break said a "gang mentality" singled out pupils for their music and fashion tastes.

The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, narrowly escaped losing her sight in the attack last November.

She had been the victim of a string of attacks, threats and had even received prank calls at home because she is what is known as "a metaler", Guildford Crown Court heard today.

But she said: "I mean, it's this gang mentality that my generation seems to insist upon and I want to stop it."

Watching the girl give evidence via video link, the jury heard how name-calling in the school canteen had escalated into an attack on the school playing fields.

Mimicking and threatening the girl while queuing to get into the canteen, the three defendants, all pupils at the same school, asked around for a pair of scissors with which they said they would cut off their victim's long hair, the court has heard.

The court was told they later approached her as she chatted with friends outside the school science block and one of the three girls launched the attack, stabbing her a number of times with the sharp scissor blades.

Today, the victim, who was left with several gashes which required stitches and still suffers from blurred vision, told how one of her tormentors came at her with the blade in her hand "like in the movie Psycho".

She described feeling the blade puncture her eyelid, an injury which required stitches and narrowly missed puncturing her eyeball, and, as she fell to the ground, she told of feeling further blows to her head and her back.

Three girls were charged following the offence. One faces a charge of wounding with intent as well as a lesser, alternative charge of section 20 wounding. Her two co-defendants face charges of perverting the course of justice after, it is claimed, they helped hide the scissors following the attack.

The victim explained in a police interview shown to the court how she had been "forced into a category" on her first day at the school.

"Somebody asked me on the first day what kind of music I listened to, so I said AC/DC."

She said that, as a result of this, she was told she was a "metaler" and found herself being shunned by other classmates.

All three girls deny the charges against them.

The case has been adjourned until tomorrow.



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[JNSBSB]

What has this world gone to these days?

[phoebe7165]

WTF???!!!!

The attackers were probably Ashlee Simpson fans.

[Brian Damage]

****ing animals!

[Chocoholic]

That's just another sad example of the deterioration of morals in society

I remember back when I was in high school, if you weren't into sports and what was popular in music and TV at the time, you were a freak. I would be nice if people, especially the younger generation, would learn to love and respect each other, no matter what our petty differences are.

[Shine]

This is just awful.

[Shine]

I haven't listened to any AC/DC is quite a long while, but to show support for this poor girl I listened to Highway To Hell and Back In Black today.

[Shine]

Originally Posted by Homeriffic

That's just another sad example of the deterioration of morals in society

I remember back when I was in high school, if you weren't into sports and what was popular in music and TV at the time, you were a freak. I would be nice if people, especially the younger generation, would learn to love and respect each other, no matter what our petty differences are.

I totally agree.

[Hollow]

ridiculous.

[ABlairican Pie]

Originally Posted by DAX

I haven't listened to any AC/DC is quite a long while, but to show support for this poor girl I listened to Highway To Hell and Back In Black today.

Heck, I even saw them open for Ted Nugent with Cheap Trick in Seattle in 1978--with BON SCOTT!!!!! This was before practically anybody knew them!! I was really impressed them, I didn't know much about them except for a song called "Sin City", a little, and I thought, "Well, that music had a nice little kick and a punch there, straight and to-the-point rock and roll, but....that guitar player in the schoolboy outfit
isn't gonna take off ALL his clothes, is he??"

Funny, for this girl being callled a "metaler", AC/DC never really considered themselves metal, and in fact despised the label. But they sure RAWK!!!!!

[JNSBSB]

Try being a Country Music fan in Northeastern Maryland and Northern Delaware (Between Baltimore, MD and Philadelphia, PA) in the late 80s and early 90s while in middle school and high school. They made fun of you and called you a retard or hillbilly and always picked on you just because you liked country music and the majority liked either heavy metal or rap(mainly East Coast style)and/or soul music.

[PrettyinPink55]

This is just horrible!!!!!!

[TJL]

Personally, I think that the names of the attackers should be released to the press. You do something stupid and henious like this, everyone should know your name. I don't care if you are a "child" in the eyes of the court. You did something horrible.

[snl 70s show fan]

the whole thing is just sad

[Karen*]

That is horrifying.