A thirteen-year-old boy, whose name was not revealed, was commited for trial at the Old Bailey by the magistrates here today for murder and criminal assault.
The boy is alleged to have attacked a four-year-old girl, Beryl Oborne, whose body was found in a sack hidden in a storeroom in his parents' home ten days ago.
The boy affirmed his innocence, but counsel for the prosecution revealed he had admitted his crime to his mother on the day of the murder stating:
"I did it, Mother, I dont know what made me do it."
This revelation caused a stir in ihe court while the boy clasped his mother closely and cried.
Following the prosecutor's statement, the lad was committed for trial at the Old Bailey. counsel for the defence pleading not guilty.—Havas.
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