Pictured: Pregnant teenager who murdered an 18-year-old at a house party while high on cocaine and can now be named after turning 18 herself
- Jolene Doherty kept her anonymity when she was jailed after the murder in April
- She murdered Conner Cowper when she was 17, pregnant and high on cocaine
- She was convicted and sent to prison where she gave birth and since turned 18
Revealed: Jolene Doherty (pictured in an undated photo) can today be named as a the killer of 18-year-old Conner Cowper
A teenage killer who stabbed an 18-year-old to death while pregnant and high on cocaine at a house party can finally be named.
Jolene Doherty became one of Scotland's youngest female killers in April last year when she knifed Conner Cowper, 18, to death in Holytown, North Lanarkshire, at the age of 17.
She was convicted of murder and sent to prison last month, where she gave birth behind bars but kept her anonymity as a minor.
Today, however, she turns 18, and can now be legally identified.
Doherty had a reputation for violence from the age of 11 when she was filmed punching an autistic boy who went to her school.
Footage that provoked national outrage showed Doherty punching the young boy in the face five times, shouting at him: 'I can tell you're f****** s******* yourself.'
The boy was heard saying back: 'I don't hit lassies.'
When he dared to move, Doherty shouted in his face: 'You ain't being f****** cheeky to me, right. You're a f****** wee s****bag.'
She then urged him to hit her, which he refused to do before Doherty lashed out once more.
The pint-sized killer was expelled from the secondary school following the attack in 2013, which was shared widely on YouTube and Facebook at the time.
Jailing her for a minimum of 16 years last month, Judge Lord Arthurson said the murder was 'entirely unprovoked and murderous'.
Her murder trial heard how she knifed 18-year-old Conner Cowper (pictured) while pregnant and high on cocaine at a house party
His heartbroken mother Linda Fraser, 37, of Airdrie, paid tribute to her 'gentle' son.
She told the Scottish Sun after the sentencing: 'The sentence couldn't have been higher but it won't bring him back. Jolene is pure evil. When we saw her at the trial we all felt sick. She was even looking up at us and sniggering.
'Conner was a gentle giant with a heart of gold and he would do anything for anybody.
'His life was just starting and now we'll never get to see him again. It was disgusting to hear the details of what she did.'
Her murder trial heard Connor had 'fancied' her but problems began when she kissed another man on the night of the party.
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Prosecutors claimed she loved being the centre of attention and was trying to play the two young men off against each other.
But Doherty exploded into a violent rage when Connor branded her a 'stupid wee girl' and stabbed him before fleeing the scene.
He was left with a 'catastrophic' four-inch puncture wound, which she claimed was the result of her defending herself.
She also claimed to have been affected by a previous abusive relationship at the time of the fatal assault.
A police cordon is pictured with officers at the scene after the stabbing in Holytown (pictured)
Jurors heard how Doherty had only known Connor through Facebook before the party.
She told them he was a 'nice person' but she left him to die while fellow party goers tried to save his life.
Police found her nearby laughing and she later asked an officer: 'Can I have my knife back? It is good for cutting onions.'
Other witnesses heard her say 'I want him to f****** choke. I want him f****** dead' in the aftermath of the attack.
Jailing her, Lord Arthurson said: 'Your attack upon him was deliberate, brutal, unprovoked and entirely murderous, and this murder was committed by you at the age of 17 when you were still a child, while you were under the influence of cocaine and alcohol.
'I have been told that not only do you feel regret but you also expressed empathy towards the victim.
'However, as the presiding judge at your trial I saw nothing of that. Your demeanour was flat and disinterested and you didn't give out any significant appearance of empathy.
'You are a highly dangerous and unstable individual. The attack on Connor was deliberate, brutal, entirely unprovoked and entirely murderous.'
Commenting on the 2013 attack on the schoolboy, the judge said: 'You were expelled from secondary school in your first year for assaulting a fellow student who had additional needs. This was filmed and uploaded to social media.
'The episode was considered by the community to be so shocking that your family had to be relocated.'
