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       Mount Maunganui Bayfair stabbing accused appears in Tauranga Youth
       Court
        
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       Police were called to Bayfair Shopping Centre in Mount Maunganui on
       Friday after an alleged stabbing. Photo / Supplied
        
         
        
       A teenager accused of stabbing another girl with a knife at Mount
       Maunganui's Bayfair Shopping Centre on Friday has made her second
       court appearance.
        
       The alleged offender faced a charge of wounding with intent to cause
       grievous bodily harm with a stabbing weapon when she appeared in the
       Tauranga Youth Court on Monday via audio-visual link.
        
       She and the complainant both have automatic name suppression.
        
       The accused's lawyer Rebekah Webby told Judge Louis Bidois that she
       understood police were yet to interview the complainant and several
       witnesses.
        
       Webby said until these police inquiries were completed, it was
       appropriate to adjourn the prosecution case without entering a plea.
        
       Judge Bidois consented to this request and remanded the accused in
       custody to next appear in court on May 13.
        
       Police confirmed to the _Bay of Plenty Times_ on Monday the alleged
       victim of the stabbing remained in a stable condition in hospital.
        
       According to the police summary of facts in the case released to the
       _Bay of Plenty Time_ s, the accused saw the other teenager at Bayfair
       on Friday afternoon and followed her.
        
       Police allege the accused initiated an altercation with the girl, then
       pulled out a knife and stabbed her multiple times before witnesses
       intervened, the summary said.
        
       Police further alleged the victim sustained four deep lacerations to
       her abdomen area that caused significant bleeding.
        
       The alleged attacker left the scene and the injured girl was taken to
       hospital.
        
        **Sandra Conchie** **is a senior journalist at the** _ **Bay of
       Plenty Times**_ **and** _ **Rotorua Daily Post**_ **who has been a
       journalist for 24 years. She mainly covers police, court and other
       justice stories, as well as general news. She has been a Canon Media
       Awards regional/community reporter of the year.**
        
         
        
        
        
        
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