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[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

A teenage transgender girl was rushed to hospital after being stabbed 14 times, a court has heard. The victim, 18, was attending a roller-skating party with friends when she was allegedly attacked by a group and subjected to slurs, it is said. Summer Betts-Ramsey, 19, appeared in the dock at Willesden magistrates court on Tuesday, accused of being involved in the stabbing.

She has been charged with attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon in public.

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Why was the weapon offensive? Was it shaped like a dildo?

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Under the Offensive Weapons Act 1953 an offensive weapon is any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person, or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him or by some other person.

So a dildo would be an offensive weapon if it was carried for the purposes of causing injury, doubly so for a dual-ended French tickler.