A 14-year-old Scottish girl has been charged with weapons offences after viral footage showed her brandishing a knife and hatchet whilst defending her younger sister from alleged harassment by a migrant in Dundee.
The incident, which occurred on Saturday evening in St Ann Lane, has sparked nationwide fury after Police Scotland arrested the teenager rather than investigating claims of harassment against her 12-year-old sister. The case has reignited fierce debate over migrant crime and Britain’s two-tier justice system.
Video footage circulating on social media, which has garnered over 20 million views, shows the visibly distressed 14-year-old carrying both a blade and an axe whilst an older girl, believed to be another sister, can be heard screaming at a man with a foreign accent: “Don’t fing touch her, she’s fing twelve!
Police Focus on Teen Rather Than Alleged Harassment
Police Scotland confirmed they responded to reports of “a female youth with a bladed weapon” at approximately 7:40pm on Saturday in the Lochee area of Dundee. Multiple police units attended the scene, and the 14-year-old was subsequently charged and will be reported to relevant authorities.
“Around 7:40pm on Saturday, 23 August, 2025 we received a report of a female youth with a weapon in St Ann Lane, Dundee. Officers attended and a 14-year-old girl was charged in connection,” a Police Scotland spokesperson stated. “She will be reported to the relevant authorities.”
The force confirmed no adults were arrested or charged in relation to the incident, despite widespread claims that the teenager was defending herself and her sister from adult male harassment. The man filming the incident can be heard repeatedly demanding the girl “show the knife” whilst continuing to record the distressed teenagers.
Public reaction has been swift and overwhelmingly supportive of the teenager, with many comparing her to Scottish folk hero William Wallace. X owner Elon Musk weighed in on the controversy, writing: “Start by condemning the grovelers and collaborators in positions of authority in Britain who aided the rape epidemic of their own people or turned a blind eye to their responsibilities.
Rising Youth Knife Crime in Scotland
The incident comes amid alarming statistics showing youth knife crime spiralling out of control in Scotland. Police data reveals that 91 under-18s were caught carrying bladed weapons in 2024 alone, averaging one case every four days. Shockingly, some cases involved children as young as 10, including girls.
Dundee City has Scotland’s highest crime rate at 847 crimes per 10,000 people in 2023/24, significantly above the national average of 550 per 10,000. The city has become a flashpoint for violence, with weapon offences reaching record levels under the SNP government.
Scottish Conservative justice spokeswoman highlighted that “these figures lay bare just how drastically knife crime has spiralled out of control,” blaming the SNP’s “soft-touch attitude towards justice” for the crisis. Meanwhile, Scottish Labour’s justice spokeswoman Pauline McNeill warned of “a youth violence epidemic emerging in Scotland.
Migrant Crime Statistics Fuel Public Anger
The Dundee incident has drawn renewed attention to official data showing migrants commit disproportionate levels of sexual offences in the UK. Ministry of Justice figures reveal that foreign nationals accounted for up to 34 per cent of all sexual assault convictions against women in 2024, despite comprising just 9.3 per cent of the population.
The data shows migrants are nearly twice as likely as British citizens to commit sex crimes against women. Afghans and Eritreans were found to be more than 20 times more likely to be convicted of sexual offences than British citizens. Overall, foreign nationals were 71 per cent more likely than Britons to be responsible for sex crime convictions.
Indian nationals recorded the highest absolute number of sexual assault convictions among foreign offenders with 38 cases, followed by Romanians and Poles with 27 each, Pakistanis with 20, and Afghans with 19. For rape specifically, Pakistanis, Nigerians, and Romanians topped the foreign nationality statistics with 10 convictions each.
Social Media Rallies Behind “Iconic Scottish Queen”
The teenager has been hailed as a hero across social media platforms, with users sharing images of her holding the weapons and declaring her an “iconic Scottish queen” who “must be protected at all cost.” One viral post stated: “She’s braver and stronger than most European men.
Scottish content creator Robin Alderslowe told media outlets: “These kind of areas have a lot of violence, and I’ve seen weapons brandished several times like this before.” He suggested the girl’s actions were a response to genuine danger in an area known for criminal activity.
The incident has drawn comparisons to previous cases where British authorities appeared to prioritise arresting victims rather than perpetrators. One social media user noted: “When English girls were found drugged and drunk in flats with gangs of Pakistani rapists, they arrested the girls. When Scottish girls armed themselves to fend off migrant predators, again, they arrested the girls. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!”
Questions Over Police Priorities
The arrest has raised serious questions about Police Scotland’s priorities and whether they are more concerned with weapons offences than investigating alleged harassment of minors. Critics point out that whilst the teenager faces charges, no investigation appears to have been launched into why grown men were allegedly harassing a 12-year-old girl.
The incident occurred just days after protests in Perth saw demonstrators clash outside a hotel housing migrants, with groups holding signs reading “Perth is full” and “deport deport deport.” Scotland currently houses 1,573 asylum seekers in hotels, an increase of 221 since March, according to Home Office data.
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Sutherland defended Police Scotland’s approach, stating: “Victims of crime and people right across the country expect us to use all powers at our disposal to keep them safe.” However, this rings hollow to many who question why a child defending her sister faces prosecution whilst alleged harassers walk free.
Government Response Inadequate
The Scottish Government’s response has been criticised as inadequate, merely stating: “Stop and search powers should be used where lawful, necessary and proportionate. Police do use stop and search to tackle violence alongside a range of other measures such as prevention and education.
This bureaucratic response fails to address the fundamental issue: why a 14-year-old girl felt compelled to arm herself to protect her younger sister in the first place. The fact that children in Dundee feel so unsafe they resort to carrying weapons speaks to a broader failure of law enforcement and immigration policy.
As public anger grows, many are calling for a complete overhaul of how authorities handle both youth crime and migrant offences. The message from ordinary Scots appears clear: protect children from predators first, worry about weapons charges later.
The case continues to develop as the teenager awaits her appearance before youth justice authorities, whilst the men allegedly involved in harassing her sister face no consequences whatsoever.
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