A teenage girl accused of stabbing a taxi driver at Dubbo is due to be committed to a higher court next month.
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The matter was listed for committal as no plea was entered to the charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm when she faced Dubbo Children's Court on Monday.
She appeared via audio-visual link from the correctional centre in Sydney where she had been remanded in custody since her arrest on January 24.
The 14-year-old can not be named for legal reasons.
The girl, then aged 13, is alleged to have stabbed the taxi driver in the throat with a knife between 2.00am and 2.30am on January 24, before jumping out of the moving vehicle.
The 66-year-old driver was treated at Dubbo Hospital and despite sustaining a 5cm wound, police were told the injury was not life threatening.
Wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm carries a maximum penalty of 25 years in jail and as a strictly indictable offence must be dealt with in the district court.
The girl also faces a larceny charge from the same night.
She is accused of stealing a bottle of water to the value of $4.95 from the Caltex Star Mart at Dubbo about 2.22am.
On Monday magistrate Andrew Eckhold listed the strictly indictable matter for committal to the Dubbo District Court on April 27.
Bail was not applied for but was formally refused.
A final order for a further forensic procedure was also granted by consent.
The order, in line with a previous interim order, was to allow police to obtain fingerprints, handprints and photographs of the young person.
The case continues.