Girl, 14, who stabbed teachers previously took knife to school, court hears
Girl, 14, who stabbed teachers previously took knife to school, court hears
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A schoolgirl who stabbed two teachers had previously been expelled after taking a knife into school, a court has heard. Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin, and a student, were injured in the attack at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, also known as Amman Valley School, in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, in April last year.
The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted wounding with intent but has denied attempted murder. On the second day of a trial at Swansea Crown Court on Tuesday, the jury heard how the girl had previously been expelled from school after a knife was found in her bag in 2023.
In a police interview played to the court, Mrs Elias said: “I had to carry out a bag search for something that had happened in the girl’s toilets, and I found a knife in (her) bag. “(She) was very cagey about not wanting anybody to look into her bag, she had a bag full of 200 felt pens, I thought ‘bit strange’, I happened to put my hand under that and I found the knife.”.
Mrs Elias said the police were called and the girl’s father was asked to come in. “(She) received an exclusion, I can’t remember the amount of days, she was allowed to come back to school and we had permission from her dad to do regular bag checks on her, we didn’t do a lot, she settled back in really.”.
Mrs Elias said she thought the girl was a bit “immature” in class, there had been no major issues after the suspension, and she did not feel “targeted” by her. Describing the moments before the attack, she said the girl had been “sinister”.
