Teenager stabbed in transphobic attack by gang of youths outside Harrow roller blades disco
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The victim suffered nine knife wounds and was subjected to transphobic slurs. A transgender girl was attacked and stabbed nine times by a gang of mask-wearing youths due to her gender identity, a court has heard. The 18-year-old victim was surrounded and pinned to the ground outside Harrow Leisure Centre in northwest London on 10 February last year and was subjected to transphobic slurs.
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As a result, she was hospitalised and suffered knife wounds to her thighs, buttocks and her right flank which penetrated the outer lining of her abdomen. Summer Betts-Ramsey, 20, admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent after she brought a knife to the scene, and was caught on camera making 14 stabbing motions towards the victim as she lay on the floor.
Bradley Harris, 18, Camron Osei, 18, Shiloh Hinds, 18, and another 17-year-old teenager have also pleaded guilty to the same offence, after orchestrating the attack and delivering punches, kicks and stamping on her head. As a result, the victim said she suffered nightmares and panic attacks and was nervous about leaving her house: “At times when I close my eyes I replay the assault in my head and visualise the knife being used on me. I am unable to control it and I feel at times it is taking over my life.”.
The Old Bailey heard in the weeks before the attack, the victim was invited to a Snapchat group to organise a trip to a roller disco which was taking place at the leisure centre. After flirting online Harris, who was also part of the group, invited the victim to his home address on 29 January, and she performed oral sex on him. While they were in his bedroom, Harris was contacted by a friend who told him she was “trans”, but the victim denied it having previously been attacked in the past.
