A 17-year-old girl who admitted to her involvement in the stabbing of her friend in Valletta in May 2011, has been placed on probation for three years.

Magistrate Doreen Clarke took note of the girl's young age when the crime was committed and the fact that she had cooperated with the police and changed her ways since the incident.

Three girls had been charged over the case - the 17-year-old and another teenager were charged with assaulting the victim and trying to seriously injure her.

Both pleaded guilty and, last month, the other girl was also put on probation for three years.

A third teenager had been charged with attempting to kill the victim, then 14, by stabbing her three times in the back following a fight over a boy. She is pleading not guilty.

Defence lawyers Franco Debono and Marion Camilleri represented the 17-year-old.

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