KATIE ROUGH'S KILLER DETAINED IN SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AS JUDGE SAYS SHE POSES 'HIGH RISK OF SERIOUS HARM TO OTHERS'
Katie Rough's killer has been detained for assessment in a specialist hospital for 12 weeks by a judge who told her she poses "a high risk of serious harm to others". The seven-year-old girl was found with severe lacerations to her neck and chest on a playing field in York in January and did not respond to frantic attempts to revive her. She actually died from being smothered by her attacker - a 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons. Leeds Crown Court heard in July how the teenager was standing in a nearby cul-de-sac, covered in blood and carrying a blood-stained Stanley knife as she rang 999 to tell police what she had done. Yesterday, Mr Justice Soole told the 16-year-old defendant she would be detained in hospital for 12 weeks before she is returned to court for further sentencing to take place on November 24. The judge told her: "All sentencing options will be open when, at its conclusion, I make my final decision." He said: "It is not in d...