A teenager has been found guilty of attempted murder after attacking two teachers in a knife attack.
The 14-year-old attacked two teachers and another pupil at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, south Wales, in April last year.
The girl, who cannot be named due to her age, previously denied three counts of attempted murder, but admitted the stabbings.
The jury at Swansea Crown Court heard a week of evidence and watched CCTV of the attack before reaching their verdict.
The school has an estimated 1,500 students
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Police at Amman Valley school, in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
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The court heard how the teenager had brought a weapon to school every day, and on the day of the attack, she took her father’s multi-tool knife out of her pocket and firstly attacked teacher, Fiona Elias.
Student witnesses said the girl told them she would stab Elias and “do something stupid” that would get her expelled.
As the girl attacked Elias, she was accused of yelling “I’m going to f****** kill you” and pulling out a knife. During the trial, the girl told jurors she was sorry for the incident and could not remember large parts of what happened.
She told the court: “It doesn’t sound like me. It doesn’t feel like something I would do.”
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Parents wait at the gates of Amman Valley school, in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
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After the first attack, she then turned to Liz Hopkin, who she did not know. Both teachers said in police interviews they thought they would die as they were stabbed.
She then moved on to stab another girl before being restrained by staff.
All three victims survived the attack, but Hopkin, who was stabbed in the neck, had to be flown to Cardiff by air ambulance.
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