A 12-year-old girl accused of killing a woman in Melbourne’s inner west will no longer face a charge of murder.
Prosecutors today applied to withdraw the charge against the girl but did not give a reason why.
The magistrate withdrew and struck out the charge of murder. She is not facing any other offences.
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The girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was accused of fatally stabbing a 37-year-old woman at Footscray in November.
A psychiatrist was assessing the child’s age of criminal responsibility, also known as doli incapax.
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