The boy has been accused of stabbing a 15-year-old girl in the back at Thorpe St Andrew School in Norwich on March 11, when he was aged 15.

He denies attempted murder and is on trial at King's Lynn Crown Court.

Stephen Rose KC, defending, said on Wednesday that the defendant “will not be giving evidence” in the case.

Armed officers inside the school after the stabbing (Image: Supplied)

The judge, Mr Justice Lickley, asked Mr Rose if the defendant had been advised that jurors “may draw such inferences as appear proper from his failure” to give evidence.

Mr Rose said that........

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