Savage attack on a 13-year-old girl in Old Rough Park, Kirkby

A sickening clip circulating online has showed the moment a 13-year-old girl was savagely beaten by another teenager while other youngsters shout: “Punch her face in now.”

The young victim’s mother claimed the attack was the culmination of a six-month campaign of bullying which had seen her “kind and polite” daughter targeted repeatedly.

The clip, shot in Old Rough Park, Kirkby, on Wednesday night, has prompted a Merseyside Police inquiry.

Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, the victim’s father shook his head in disbelief and disgust, while her mum wiped away tears as they described the moment they heard their daughter had been attacked out of the blue by a 14-year-old girl, while two other cackling teenagers, reportedly aged 17 and 14, filmed it on their phones.

Her mother, who did not wish for her or her daughter to be named, said: “My heart sank into my stomach. My shoulders went limp, my throat went tight. I’ve suffered with this with my daughter, and it’s worn me down.”

The girl’s father added: “It’s heartbreaking.”

The incident occurred while the girl was out playing with her friends.

Her mother said: “I phoned her, I said I will keep phoning you every hour to make sure you are ok.

“You have got your tracking app on your phone.

“She says ‘I’m ok, I’m in Northwood, I’ll keep phoning you mum’. So she seemed happy.

“The next thing, it got to 8.24pm, and my phone rang and it come up with her friend’s name. And I thought maybe her phone died, because she sometimes rang off another friend’s phone.

“But the friend says: ‘She needs you, her phone’s died, she needs you now she has been jumped by [the attacker] and a few others.”

Her mum eventually found her and brought her home, saying: “There was scrapes, there was cuts, there was grazes, there was twigs, thorns in her legs, because it was big thorny bushes she had shoved her in.

“She has got a big black bruise on her left rib, because [the attacker] stuck her foot on her rib and pulled her head.

“I have notified the doctors and have been told to take her to Alder Hey hospital to get an x-ray for the rib.

“She has a black mark on right cheek bone, patches on the back of her hair, she was in a daze. She’s not eating, she’s laying about.

“Do you know as a mother and a parent, not being there to protect your child from people who think they can harm my daughter, and mark her body. I had to watch that video, of a 17 year-old-girl videoing it. It broke me.”

Asked what she thought about the people filming the attack, she added: “I think they’re just as bad. They shouldn’t video it. They should ring the police, or ring a parent to say there’s someone fighting come and stop it. People need to come together and have a word with their kids, and be normal people. No hate.”

The video shows the attacker marching into a child’s play area while her accomplices follow behind filming on their phones.

She immediately attacks her as her accomplices shout encouragement, at one point saying: “Go on, dig her, kick her in the face, punch her in the face not the back of her head.”

According to her parents, the attack is the culmination of a six-month period of severe bullying which began after their daughter stopped being friends with her attacker.

A statement issued by Merseyside Police said: “We were contacted on Wednesday, May 3, following reports a 13-year-old girl had been assaulted in Old Rough Park in Kirkby by a group of girls at around 8pm.

“Enquiries into the incident are ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to DM @MerPolCC or contact @CrimestoppersUK on 0800 555 111 quoting log 1147 of May 3.”

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