Scottish teenager charged as video showing a young girl viciously assaulted goes viral

Fife police have charged a fifteen year old girl after an assault in the Cowdenbeath area

Scottish teenager charged as video showing a young girl viscously assaulted goes viral

Police in Scotland have charged a fifteen-year-old girl after a video emerged yesterday showing a thirteen-year-old girl being assaulted in front of a group of children.

The footage was uploaded onto Facebook and was viewed more than four million times.

Watch the shocking attack below. Viewer discretion advised.

The full four-minute video shows a teenage girl dressed in a grey hoodie torment her victim by repeatedly punching, kicking and dragging her by the hair.

The perpetrator is seen beaming while humiliating the thirteen-year-old girl; she comments that her victim is “pure shaking like a leaf”.

The assault took place in front of a group of children and young teenagers in the Cowdenbeath area, with some attempting to stop the assault after the initial exchange.

Fife Police acknowledged the video on their Facebook account on Monday evening at 7pm; before announcing they had charged a fifteen year old in connection with the assault at 10:15pm.

Officers have charged a 15 year old girl in connection with an assault in the Cowdenbeath area. The incident was...

Posted by Fife Police Division on Monday, 17 August 2015

The incident had originally been reported to police on Sunday; and a report will now be submitted to the Children’s Reporter.