Teenager charged with murder of seven-year-old Katie Rough

A 15-year-old girl has been charged with the murder of seven-year-old Katie Rough.

She has also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon.

The teenager is due to appear at York Magistrates' Court later.

Katie Rough was discovered down a track after police were called to an address in nearby Alness Drive, Woodthorpe at around 4.30pm on Monday.

She was taken to York District Hospital but died a short time later.

A card left at the scene and signed by "nana and grandad" read: "Night, night my darling princess Katie."

A resident who lives near the scene said Katie's mother arrived in the street by car on Monday afternoon.

She described how she saw the woman on her knees crying in the road.

She added: "I arrived in my car behind the mother. I wasn't quite sure what was going on, it wasn't until I spoke to the police that I found out.

"The mother was on her knees in the middle of the road, crying and saying things. It was quite distressing."