The court in Wales decided that the 14-year-old who struck the school's deputy director, a teacher and a student with a knife, is guilty of attempted murder. However, the court abstained until April 28 with the announcement of the penalty until April 28. “I'm sorry it is such a distant future, but I have to do it well” – said the judge leading the trial.
According to the BBC, on Monday the jury in the Crown Court in Swansea W Wales She decided that the 14-year-old was guilty of attempted the murder of three people who wounded at school in April last year. A teenager, whose personalities were not revealed, confessed to their intentional injury, but denied that she wanted to kill them.
Judge Paul Thomas, however, postponed the announcement of the penalty until April 28. “I do not intend to issue a sentence today. I have to think about it and need reports (including psychological ed.) About you,” said the judge, quoted by the portal of The Independent, turning directly to the accused. – I will not be able to issue a judgment Before April 28.
She talked about “being a celebrity”
In April last year at the Primary School Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthensehire, Wales The 13-year-old student attacked three people with a knife. According to the prosecutor's office in the morning of April 24, the girl came to school with a pocket knife, whom he used during fishing. “During the break she approached the deputy director Fiona Elias, pulled out the knife and stabbed her, shouting: 'I will kill you' Prosecutor William Hughes reported in court.
The 13-year-old was finally overpowered by other teachers. The police were called in. The teenager was to tell one of the officers: “I stabbed her, ups.” “I am 90 percent sure that sooner or later it will be in the news. This is one of the ways to become a celebrity,” she told the policeman. All three victims survived, and the teenager soon faced court.
Hopkin, who suffered injuries to the chest, shoulder and neck, was transported to the hospital with a rescue helicopter. Elias was injured in the shoulder and hand, and the attacked student suffered an arm injury. The BBC reports that in the court corridor, the vice -director attacked Hopkin. “Liz, the word 'thank you' is insufficient.” As she said, if not for the help of a friend, “she could not afford here today.”
A knife attack at school. Which was determined during the process
According to the BBC, the jury listened to the jury before issuing the sentence, among others Student testimonies. One of them said that he heard the girl warned that she was going to “do something stupid”, which could lead to throwing her out of school. She also watched a recording from a camera placed on the body of a policeman who came to the scene. You can hear him how a teenager talks about “being a celebrity” and “being observed by a larger number of people.” Before the court, a drawing found during a search of the house was presented with the inscription “Mrs. Elias with a frog face”, as well as notes referring to the attacked student with the words “burning”, “melting” and “death”.
A few months before the attack, the school staff found a small kitchen knife in her bag. “Her backpack was searched because it was considered that she behaved strangely. The police were called at that time and the teenager was thrown out of school. Later she was allowed to return, provided that school staff could search her bag every day,” said prosecutor William Hughes.
According to Fiona Elias, the court verdict is important for all teachers. “No school staff member should never worry about their safety if he performs his duties only,” BBC said. – This judgment should be treated as a clear message for students throughout the country. I would not like anyone to pass through the nightmare that I survived – she emphasized. The Wales government in the issued statement stated that any form of “violence or abuse of staff” in schools is completely unacceptable, adding that “schools can take immediate and lasting actions to expel every student at the possession of weapons.”
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