Dundee 'axe and knife' incident, Migrant Man & Woman charged - Girls Vindicated
In the summer of 2025, a group of Scottish schoolgirls in Dundee, aged between 12 and 14, faced harassment, sexual propositions, and physical assault from a Bulgarian migrant brother and sister. What followed was a troubling saga that raised serious questions about how authorities and media treat working-class girls when they report abuse.
The man, Ilia Belov, 22, made sexual remarks to the group of girls before grabbing and pushing one of them to the ground. His sister, Nadjedzha Belova, 20, admitted assaulting a 13-year-old girl by pulling her hair, dragging her to the ground, and striking her to the head. The court heard how Belov told the girls: "Hello sexy, I'll show you a good time."
After one of the girls responded by calling him a creep, he confronted the group and called his sister who began her assault. The girls, frightened and outnumbered, produced weapons including a knife and a hatchet to defend themselves. Someone filmed the confrontation, and the video went viral.
What happened next shocked many observers. Media outlets and authorities spun the footage as evidence of feral youths menacing innocent migrants. Police Scotland issued a statement that portrayed the Bulgarian couple as the victims who had been approached by youths. They charged a 12-year-old with offensive weapons possession and warned against misinformation.
One of the girls, widely referred to online as "Sophie of Dundee," became a lightning rod for abuse. Armies of online commenters said it was "Sophie" who was the brute. They called her a chav. There were classist barbs about Irn Bru. It was child abuse dressed up as social criticism.
Pro-independence outlet The National reported on discussion of the attack as "far-right misinformation." Elon Musk had been among those to draw attention to the clip, prompting Scottish First Minister John Swinney to accuse him of trying to "undermine" social cohesion in Scottish communities.
But the girls were telling the truth. Dundee Sheriff Court found Ilia Belov and Nadjedzha Belova both guilty of assaulting the girls. Sheriff Timothy Niven-Smith convicted Belov after finding proof beyond reasonable doubt, stating: "The words of the children were eloquent to describe your behaviour given your age and their respective ages. Having made the sexual remarks to the children you then, enraged by the fact that they became angry and started shouting abuse at you, followed them." He also criticised Belov for calling his sister rather than simply leaving the area.
Their mother told the press: "I'm so relieved the whole story has finally come out."
The slandering of "Sophie of Dundee" drew comparisons to the state's response when working-class girls reported abuse by grooming gangs — cases where, too, the girls were doubted while the perpetrators were protected by assumptions about victimhood. Isn't it striking, some commentators noted, how working-class women and girls have been largely excluded from the "believe women" movement?
The case remains a stark example of how the narrative around an incident can be shaped by the left wing censorship machine, and distorted, before the facts are ever fully heard. And that's the game, they never retract their fake narrative or apologise.
