The teenage student was today found guilty at Swansea Crown Court after attacking two teachers and another pupil at a school in Ammanford, south Wales, in April last year
A 14-year-old girl has been found guilty of attempted murder at Swansea Crown Court after attacking two teachers and another pupil at a school in Ammanford, south Wales, in April last year.
Ysgol Dyffryn Aman – also known as Amman Valley school – went into lockdown after teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin, and a student, were stabbed by a pupil. The “out-of-control” teen previously admitted the attacks but denied attempted murder. In January, Swansea Crown Court heard that another pupil told the police she had overheard the girl saying she was going to do “something stupid” which would involve Mrs Elias.
The defendant was also found to have taken a knife to class every day – after being bullied out of her last school. The schoolgirl 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 didn’t intend on hurting anyone.
The teen girl started late at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Year 8 when she was 12 years old with her father bringing her up alone after her mother left home. She 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.
The “troubled” and “unhappy” child lived with her father and older brother. But her brother, 15, was arrested for making threats with a BB gun just hours after his sister was arrested for the alleged stabbing rampage. Her father was the main carer as her mother left when she was young, but she would see her occasionally.
The teen said she was bullied and would often self-harm: “I was quite anxious, scared, all the time. During school, after school, 24/7.” She was even found with a knife in her school bag back in September 2023 by assistant head Mrs Linda Elias – and she was excluded. But her father won a plea for her to be allowed back.
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