Court hears chilling six words schoolgirl, 14, screamed at teacher before alleged attack
Court hears chilling six words schoolgirl, 14, screamed at teacher before alleged attack
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A young girl allegedly yelled "I’m going to f****** kill you” during an assault on two teachers and a pupil at a school in South Wales, a court has heard. The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has admitted wounding with intent but denied attempted murder after stabbing three people at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman – also known as Amman Valley School – in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, on April 24 2024.
Swansea Crown Court was shown footage of the teenager attacking teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin before moving on to stab another girl and eventually being restrained by staff. Opening the girl’s trial on Monday, Judge Paul Thomas KC told the jury this was the second time the case had been heard, with the previous trial having collapsed.
The judge told the new jury of seven men and five women the previous trial had been “abandoned for various reasons” and asked them to put anything they had previously heard “out of your minds”. William Hughes KC, prosecuting, told the court the girl’s primary focus had been Mrs Elias, an assistant head teacher at the school. The teacher had previously found a knife in the girl’s bag during a search, which led to her being suspended from school.
Upon her return, she was subject to daily bag searches by her father. However, on the day of the incident, she left her home before her father could check her bag. Mr Hughes said Mrs Elias described the girl as “a bit immature in class”, but they did not believe there was any animosity between them before the incident.
