The Scarlet Character: Four teenage girls charged after carving ‘slut’ onto classmate’s leg

Four teenage girls have been charged at the Sha Tin Magistracy with wounding a person after attacking a classmate with a glass shard in April, carving the character for “slut” onto her leg, reports Apple Daily.

Three of the defendants are 15 years old while one is 16 years old. 

Apple Daily claims that earlier this year, one of the 15-year-old defendants was unhappy about the relationship between her boyfriend and the victim, and was angry that someone had been spreading online rumours about her being promiscuous.

The four defendants and the victim were at the beach in April when a sudden rainy spell prompted the five of them to run for shelter in a stairwell.

The four defendants then reportedly attacked the victim, kicking her, slapping her, holding her down and using glass from a bottle they smashed to carve the Chinese character for “slut”, in addition to a smiley face, onto her leg.

The victim ran to a nearby community centre for help, where she called her father. Four days later the four alleged perpetrators were reported to the police. The victim had to remain in hospital for five days.

The three 15-year-old defendants will appear before court as minors in Fan Ling on Monday, while the case for the 16-year-old defendant has been adjourned until December.  

Photo: AppleDaily.com



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