Girl’s attacker is detained for life

A TEENAGE boy who throttled a 10-year-old girl as she played in a street, before repeatedly beating her around the head so viciously he could have killed her, has been locked up indefinitely.

Connor Hodgson, 16, said he had no idea why he attacked the youngster, who passed out and was found covered in blood after a major police search in Stockton, Teesside. He said he could not even remember carrying out the assault.