A 15-year-old girl has been charged with the murder of a seven-year-old girl who was found on a playing field in York with fatal injuries.
Katie Rough died in hospital shortly after she was found on Monday afternoon. Her mother, Alison, reportedly rushed to the scene from her house in the city's Woodthorpe area, less than a mile away, and broke down in tears as she attempted to save her daughter's life.
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