Girls Plead Guilty to Crowbar Attack in Guildford Park

Published on: 9 Jan, 2017
Updated on: 9 Jan, 2017

The entrance to Stoughton Recreation Grounds from Northway.

Three girls have pleaded guilty to assaulting a teenage girl with a crowbar in a Guildford park last year when they appeared at Guildford Crown Court earlier today (January 9).

Sophie Burrows, 19, of Godalming, Lauren Coveney, 19, of Midhurst and a 17-year-old girl from Midhurst, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were charged with causing grievous bodily harm on July 9 (2016).

Stoughton Recreation Ground viewed from the Northway entrance.

A 14-year-old girl was left with a head injury, a slight fracture to the nose, bruised ribs and two black eyes following the incident, which took place at Stoughton recreation ground in Northway around 7pm on Saturday, 9 July.

The girls are due to be sentenced on 17 February.