Pupil not guilty of trying to murder history teacher after stabbing her in the head

A pupil has been recovered not blameworthy of attempted execution aft stabbing his teacher successful the caput with a room knife.

The boy, 16, followed Vicki Williams into her bare schoolroom astatine Milford Haven Comprehensive School successful Pembrokeshire, aft asking for assistance with his past enactment connected 5 February.

He pulled a weapon from his container and lunged astatine her. Williams told a assemblage astatine Swansea Crown Court she feared she would die.

On Monday, helium was recovered not blameworthy of attempted execution but blameworthy of wounding with intent, and unlawful wounding. He volition beryllium sentenced connected 3 September.

The lad had antecedently pleaded blameworthy to possessing a room weapon connected the schoolhouse grounds.

Judge Paul Thomas KC accepted a bulk verdict connected the complaint of wounding with intent, which meant astatine slightest 10 jurors agreed pursuing 4 hours deliberation.

During the attack, Williams grabbed the knife, pushed the lad backmost with her legs, and screamed.

She received injuries to her head, backmost and hands aft the attack.

She said the look connected the teenager's look was 1 of "pure hatred".

During a constabulary interview, Williams said however the boy, who was 15 astatine the clip and who cannot beryllium named owed to his age, came to her schoolroom "cool and collected" astatine the extremity of the schoolhouse time to inquire if his "work was correct".

She said that "got [her] confused" due to the fact that helium had "never seemed bothered before".

It was erstwhile helium unopen the doorway to the classroom, saying it was cold, that "alarm bells" began to ringing successful her head.

Williams said helium was trying to "keep her talking" portion helium was "trying to find thing successful his bag".

"I inquire him again, 'are you definite you're alright?' And past helium pulls [the knife] retired of the container and lunges astatine me," she said.

The lad told the tribunal Williams had seen him with the weapon and "tried to drawback it" from him. He said helium "accidentally assaulted her" during the struggle.

She told the tribunal she believed she was astir to die, thinking: "I'm fearful that I americium dying, I've seen the knife, I cognize I've been stabbed, each I'm reasoning astatine that constituent is, 'I request help'."

Williams said the onslaught "came retired of nowhere".