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Police were called to Thorpe St Andrew School astatine 10:24 GMT connected the Wednesday of the attack
ByRobby Westat King's Lynn Crown Court and Lewis Adams
A teenage lad who had a hatred of women and an "obsessive interest" successful killers has been recovered blameworthy of the attempted execution of a miss astatine his school.
The lad dressed successful achromatic and wore a look disguise earlier stabbing the 15-year-old unfortunate successful the back astatine Thorpe St Andrew School, adjacent Norwich, successful March.
Armed constabulary were called to the school, which went into lockdown, and the onslaught was caught connected CCTV.
The boy, who is 16 and cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, wrote notes astir hating women and had an "obsessive and unsafe involvement successful killers and killing", jurors astatine King's Lynn Crown Court were told. He volition beryllium sentenced connected 18 December.
Jurors deliberated for conscionable nether 4 hours earlier delivering a bulk verdict astatine the extremity of a proceedings which began 2 weeks ago.
The teen "went to schoolhouse not to learn, but to kill" portion equipped with a room knife, the prosecution said.
The schoolhouse went into lockdown aft the onslaught and determination was an equipped constabulary response, portion the miss was taken to infirmary with a insignificant injury.
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A photograph taken from wrong a schoolroom showed an equipped constabulary serviceman astatine the scene
CCTV footage captured the infinitesimal the miss was stabbed successful the back, earlier her attacker ran disconnected portion "pursued by a teacher".
The unfortunate described to the assemblage how, successful the aftermath of the attack, she had told a teacher "Sir, I've been stabbed".
In a constabulary interrogation played to the court, the miss said she was successful "panic mode" and felt numb and weak.
Chris Paxton KC, prosecuting, said it was "sheer bully fortune" the "defenceless and vulnerable" pupil was not earnestly hurt.
"This was a weapon onslaught delivered, we the prosecution say, arsenic an effort to kill," helium added.
He messaged his parent to accidental "I'm sorry" soon aft the attack, jurors heard.
"I was successful implicit shock," she told the court.
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The room weapon utilized to stab the unfortunate had a leaf measuring 18cm (7in) and was recovered successful a wooded area
Paxton said that successful a enactment written earlier the attack, the would-be slayer had written: "I truly privation to bash it, truly bad, I hatred having to wait."
The enactment continued: "Motive = misanthropy, misogyny, suicide, bullying. Weapon = weapon x2? Death = 2+ hopefully, injuries a batch hopefully."
Jurors heard helium had a hatred of women and an "obsessive and unsafe involvement successful killers and killing".
The boy, who was 15 astatine the time, had pleaded blameworthy to possessing a room weapon without lawful authorization and wounding with intent, but prosecutors proceeded with the attempted execution charge.
The lad did not springiness grounds during his trial. Instead, his barrister argued helium could not person intended to termination the miss due to the fact that he utilized "limited force" with the blade.
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Pictures shared with the BBC showed immoderate children hiding underneath their desks successful the aftermath of the attack
Having been recovered guilty, the justice Mr Justice Lickey warned the boy: "I'm definite you recognize due to the fact that of the precise superior quality of the offence I volition person to see not lone a custodial sentence, but 1 of immoderate sizeable length."
He nodded and replied "yes sir" earlier being led to the cells.
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