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A teenager has been found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing a 15-year-old boy 11 times in an incident that also saw the victim's 14-year-old girlfriend knifed in the chest on Whitefield Drive, Kirkby.

The violent encounter, which took place on the evening of 30 April this year, was reportedly in retaliation for an earlier confrontation that resulted in one of the defendant's friends sustaining a head injury from being hit with a metal pole. The accused, a 15-year-old who cannot be named due to legal reasons, stood trial at Liverpool Crown Court facing charges including attempted murder.

After eight hours and 15 minutes of deliberation, a jury of six men and six women found him guilty of attempted murder by a majority verdict of 11 to one on Wednesday afternoon.

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