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  • 03 Jul 2017
Teen kills 7-year-old to test if she was a robot

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A 16-year-old UK girl has pleaded guilty to killing a 7-year-old girl to test if she was a robot and “not human”.

Schoolgirl Katie Rough was suffocated and had her throat slashed with a Stanley knife on a playing field in York in January, the BBC reports. She was also found with a 20cm cut to her torso.

A Crown Court has heard that the teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was aged 15 at the time and asphyxiated the little girl while suffering "macabre" delusions.

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The girl allegedly left a note beside Katie that said:  "They are not human, they are not real".

She has pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility.

The Sun reports police had found a stuffed toy from The Lion King in the unnamed girl’s bedroom that had its chest cut open and ears removed.

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Graham Reeds QC, prosecuting, told the court the teenager had severe mental health problems, which led to her being removed from school in 2016. He explained the girl had a history of depression, had been self-harming for months and had been experiencing delusions that people "may not be human and may be controlled by a higher and hostile force".

News.com.au reports the court heard the defendant had been affected by a schizophrenic-personality disorder when she confronted the little girl.

This article first published on Marie Claire.

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