A TEENAGE girl has been spared jail for her role in a terrifying gang attack with a crowbar on a fellow teenager.

Lauren Coveney, from Midhurst, was part of a gang of teenage girls who battered a 14-year-old girl leaving her with a head injury, fractured nose, bruised ribs and two black eyes.

The 19-year-old was given a 12-month suspended sentence for grievous bodily harm on Friday while an accomplice, also from Midhurst who cannot be named due to her age, received a 12-month referral order.

Sophie Burrows of Godalming, Surrey, was jailed for 14 months for her part in the “horrific” attack at a Surrey recreation ground in January last year.

The gang attempted to destroy the evidence and only handed themselves in after officers launched an appeal.