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  "textContent": "Ilia Belov, 22, and his sister Nadjedzha Belova leaving Dundee Sheriff Court after being convicted of behaving in a ‘threatening or abusive manner’ towards four girls (Picture: Nick Forbes/PA Wire)\n\nA Bulgarian man has been found guilty of assaulting a 12-year-old girl who used an axe to defend herself before police arrived.\n\nIlia Belov, 22, made sexual remarks about the girl before she pushed her, causing her to hit her head on a metal handrail.\n\nHis sister Nadjedzha Belova earlier pled guilty to attacking the girl’s 13-year-old friend during the incident in the Lochee area of Dundee in August last year.\n\nDundee Sheriff Court heard the 12-year-old was in a group of four girl aged between 12 and 14 when Belov made sexual comments towards her.\n\nGiving evidence by video-link, the girl, who is now 13, recalled: ‘He kept saying, “come here sexy. I will show you how to have a good time”.’\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News** alerts the moment it happens.\n\nShe said his remarks made her feel ‘dead angry’ and he turned around and shouted at him.\n\nBelov then phoned his sister, who arrived soon after and began attacking a 13-year-old member of the group.\n\nNadjedzha Belova (right) pled guilty to one charge of assaulting a 13-year-old girl in the fracas (Picture: Nick Forbes/PA Wire)\n\nHe then pushed the 12-year-old, who told the court she hit her head on a metal handrail as she fell to the ground.\n\nThe girl then pulled out an axe and knife she said she had been hiding in her waistband for five to 10 minutes before the incident.\n\nShe said she was ‘sat holding’ the weapons after she revealed them as she ‘knew’ the man would ‘try to go for (the other girl)’.\n\nThe 12-year-old then dumped the weapons on a nearby roundabout as the police arrived minutes after. Officers recovered the weapons later.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Bulgarian guilty of attacking girl, 12, who defended herself with axe"
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