A 14-year-old girl was found guilty of attempted murder at Swansea Crown Court for stabbing two teachers and a student at her school in April 2024. The teenager claimed she brought the knife to school as an 'instinct thing' and didn't intend to hurt anyone.
A 14-year-old girl has been found guilty of attempted murder at Swansea Crown Court after attacking two teachers and another pupil at school. The teenager, who was 13 at the time of the incident in April 2024, attacked teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin during the school's morning break. She then moved on to stab another girl before being restrained by staff. All three victims survived the attack but Ms Hopkin, who was stabbed in the neck, had to be flown to Cardiff by air ambulance.
The judge Paul Thomas KC did not set a date for sentencing, but told the jury they would be informed 'in due course'. The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, previously pleaded guilty to three counts of wounding with intent and a further count of possession of a bladed article on a school premises but denied attempted murder. She smuggled the fold-up multitool knife in the cargo pants she wore instead of normal school uniform. She secretly took the Swiss Army-style knife into school as an 'instinct thing' and claimed she didn't intend on hurting anyone. The girl started late at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, in Year 8 when she was 12-years-old with her father bringing her up alone after her mother left home. All three victims survived the attack but Ms Hopkin, who was stabbed in the neck, had to be flown to Cardiff by air ambulance. She secretly took the Swiss Army-style knife into school as an 'instinct thing' and claimed she didn't intend on hurting anyone. The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, previously pleaded guilty to three counts of wounding with intent and a further count of possession of a bladed article on a school premises but denied attempted murder. The incident happened in the Amman Valley School, in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. She smuggled the fold-up multitool knife (above) in the cargo pants she wore instead of normal school uniform. The girl had moved to the school after previously being bullied in her former school and was a pupil in Year 9 when the attack took place. Mrs Elias and Mrs Hopkin both feared they were going to die in the attack after confronting the girl for trying to access a hall at the school before asking what was in her pocket. The girl allegedly said: 'Do you want to see what's in my pocket?' before pulling out the multi-tool with a silver blade and shouting 'I'm going to f***ing kill you'. Prosecutor Hughes said the girl had 'sinister eyes' during the attack and that Mrs Elias was the 'primary focus' who she stabbed in the arm repeatedly. Mr Hughes said special educational needs teacher Mrs Hopkin was injured as she tried to stop the girl stabbing her colleague. She then allegedly targeted a nearby pupil, stabbing the her in the upper torso and leg while saying 'I'm going to f***ing kill you' before being pulled off. Dyfed Powys Police were called to the school and the teenager - with marks and scratched on her arms - was detained in a classroom before officers arrived and later arrested her following the alleged attacks at the 1,500-pupil school. Her attack on Ms Elias lasted less than a minute before the teacher managed to escape and the girl began her assault on Liz Hopkin (pictured), stabbing her once in the neck. The teenager was arrested after the three victims were stabbed in the playground during the morning break at the comprehensive school on April 24 last year. The girl who went on trial had attacked teachers including Fiona Elias (pictured) at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman - also known as Amman Valley School - in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. The girl said she did not know Mrs Hopkin before the stabbing and did not have any intention to hurt her or deliberately target her neck during the attack. The teenager and the pupil she attacked did not get on, as there had been a 'petty argument' a few months before - but the pair were fine the day after. They used to say 'Hi' to each other when they passed in school, so the pupil didn't understand why they had been targeted in the attack. The teen previously said that she used to write and draw to express herself as she didn't feel comfortable talking to people - but meant no harm by it. The notebook and drawings that were found belonging to the girl stated words and phrases of killing and death - with references to 'burning' a person and cutting their 'mouth and eyes to death.' Phrases like 'crime of a lifetime', wanting to do 'something humans are not supposed to do', and 'Why do I want to kill others as much as I want to kill myself?' were found in the notebook. After she was arrested, the girl made a series of unsolicited comments in the back of a police vehicle, telling officers 'I stabbed her - oopsies'.
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