Teen dog walker's face slashed 41 times in motiveless scalpel attack - Mirror.co.uk

THIS pretty schoolgirl was left with 41 ugly slash marks criss-crossing her face after a motiveless scalpel attack by a gang of mindless hoodies.

Rebecca Wills, 16, was walking her dog Alfie in a park near her home when three thugs blocked her path.

One 5ft 8in male, wearing a grey hoodie with turquoise markings, threatened: "If you scream I'll stab the dog."

He then grabbed the terrified teenager's arms and repeatedly slashed at her face using a double-bladed scalpel.

The vicious attack has left Rebecca with cuts across her nose, cheeks and forehead. Doctors believe the cuts should heal without leaving her scarred for life.

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Talking about the attack for the first time yesterday, Rebecca said: "I couldn't see their faces – only their eyes. They cut my chin first, slowly. That was the most painful.

"After that I didn't feel so much pain. I closed my eyes and just shut down."

After her ordeal Rebecca ran home in tears. Her mum Pauline said later: "There was absolutely no motive."

Rebecca was attacked while walking Alfie, a Hungarian wirehaired vizsla, in a park in Plympton, near Plymouth, at 4.20pm last Wednesday.

Devon and Cornwall police, who are appealing for witnesses, said: "We are treating this as a serious assault."