Qld: Schoolgirl cleared of assaulting classmate

AAP General News (Australia)
01-17-2001
Qld: Schoolgirl cleared of assaulting classmate

BRISBANE, Jan 17 AAP - A 16-year-old schoolgirl on trial for punching a classmate in
a fight over a note was today acquitted of assault.

The girl, who cannot be identified, had pleaded not guilty in the District Court in
Brisbane to assault causing bodily harm against a 16-year-old classmate on March 9 last
year.

The girls had been in a computer room where crumpled pieces of paper were being thrown.

They began fighting over one note which had "you ho" (you ho) written on it, when the
victim pushed the other girl who then punched her in the …