Teen stabbed stranger who called him 'Harry Potter' at Edinburgh bus stop

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A teenager became “angry” and repeatedly stabbed a stranger who called him Harry Potter during an early morning argument, a court has heard.The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, lost his temper with Liam McKechnie at a bus stop in Princes Street, Edinburgh on March 17 2024.The high court in the city heard on Tuesday how the youth was wearing a “large pair of black rimmed spectacles” when he encountered Mr McKechnie.Prosecutor Margaret Barron told the court how the pair became involved in a “verbal argument” moments before the teenager struck his victim with a blade he had been carrying.Ms Barron told the court about the moment that Mr McKechnie made a reference to JK Rowling’s boy wizard.She added: “The complainer said to the accused ‘calm down Harry Potter’ after which the altercation began.

During this altercation, the accused removed a knife from his pocked and stabbed the complainer to the torso. At this point Mr McKechnie and his friends were unaware that he had been injured.“Some people attempted to break up the scuffle and at some point a pair of glasses worn by the accused fell to the ground.

The complainer felt a pain in his chest area and lifted up his top to reveal a stab wound to his torso. He showed the injury to his friends telling them he had been stabbed.”The story emerged after the youth pleaded guilty to a charge which stated that he repeatedly struck Mr McKechnie on his body to “severe injury, permanent disfigurement, permanent impairment and to the danger of his life”.Ms Barron told the court that Mr McKechnie and his friends had been on a night out and were standing at the bus stop at about 12.45am on March 17 last year.She said that both he and the youth were “unknown to each