Girl, 12, charged with Melbourne stabbing murder should not stay in juvenile detention, lawyer says
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6GEBD)
Inappropriate' for 12-year-old girl accused of murdering 37-year-old woman to remain in detention due to intellectual disabilities, court hears
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A 12-year-old girl accused of fatally stabbing a woman should not remain in juvenile detention due to challenges with her intellectual disabilities, her lawyer says.
The girl was arrested and charged with murder after the body of a 37-year-old woman was found in an apartment in Melbourne's inner suburb Footscray about 2am on Thursday.
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