An autistic schoolgirl was allegedly lured to a park and beaten unconscious in an attack that left her hospitalised for two days.
Abbie Jarvis, 12, had agreed to meet a friend from school at a park in Glasgow on Tuesday, October 4. When the youngster arrived she was reportedly set upon by another girl as a group of 10 youths filmed the attack on their phones.
It is claimed Abbie was punched several times in the face and knocked to the ground. The alleged attack then continued as she suffered multiple kicks to the head and was left covered in blood.
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Abbie's mum Angela said she had a "bad feeling" when her daughter failed to respond to a text message. She then received a phone call from Abbie and heard a girl screaming her name in the background before the call was cut off.
The mum-of-four rushed out to look for Abbie, but later returned home to find her daughter covered in blood and slipping in and out of consciousness in the back of another parent's car. Angela, 43, told the Daily Record : "I went to the back of her car and I saw Abbie lying there. She couldn't even speak.
"She had a lump on her head that I still cannot even believe to this day was real because it was so big."
Angela raced her daughter to hospital, where she was kept in for two days. The schoolgirl had a deep gash to her head that had to be glued together and was left with painful bruising across her skull and face.
Angela added: "When I got to the hospital, I went into survival mode. The doctor pulled me aside and said they would have to check if her skull was fractured. I couldn't even touch her because she was in agony.
"It was horrific to see and it nearly broke me. Even now, I can't bring myself to think of her lying there during that beating and waiting for it to stop."
Doctors who treated Abbie called police officers to the hospital due to the severity of her injuries. Police Scotland have now confirmed a 13-year-old girl has been charged in connection with the incident. She is due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court at a later date.
The Daily Record understands the teen has been granted bail on the condition she does not approach the victim. Angela says her terrified daughter has now completely regressed and is now too scared to leave the house.
She said: "She keeps having nightmares about this girl chasing her. She doesn't want to walk out of the door. This has left her completely traumatised. There are spells where she is even struggling to pronounce her words properly and she is slurring them a lot.
"I am trying to get counselling put in place for her. Abbie has such an amazing personality and she is a very loyal girl to her friends. I don't know why this happened to her."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "A 13-year-old girl has been arrested and charged following the alleged serious assault of a 12-year-old girl in Southdeen Avenue near Southdeen Park, Drumchapel, Glasgow, on Tuesday, October 4.
"She has been released on an Undertaking to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court at a later date. A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal and the Scottish Children's Reporters Administration for consideration."
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