Schoolboy who attacked sleeping students with hammer in bloody rampage jailed

The teen, present 17, accepted work for the hammer attacks, but claimed helium was sleeping astatine the clip and lone remembered waking up to spot the country "covered successful blood"

A teenage schoolboy has been jailed for attacking 2 students and a teacher with hammers portion "on a mission" to support himself from a zombie apocalypse.

The 17-year-old boy, who was 16 astatine the clip and cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, was convicted connected 3 counts of attempted execution successful June aft helium attacked the 2 students successful their slumber with a hammer astatine Blundells School successful Tiverton, Devon. At Exeter Crown Court today, the teen was detained for beingness with a minimum of 12 years aft being recovered blameworthy of attempted murder.

The proceedings astatine Exeter Crown Court heard him assertion helium was sleepwalking erstwhile a schoolhouse housemaster said helium was acceptable upon by the teen. Henry Roffe-Silvester said helium was dormant successful his quarters connected June 9 erstwhile helium was awoken by noises from the boarding location - wherever students enactment during word clip - and went to investigate, but was acceptable upon by the teenager, who was wearing conscionable his boxer shorts. The two-month proceedings heard that helium was "on a mission" to support himself from a zombie apocalypse erstwhile helium carried retired the attack.

The lad was accused of arming himself with 3 claw hammers, and of waiting for his 2 victims to autumn dormant earlier helium attacked them. The 2 boys attacked by the teen suffered skull fractures, injuries to their ribs, spleens, a punctured lung and interior bleeding. Mr Roffe-Silvester suffered six blows to his head.

The tribunal heard that different pupil fleeing his chamber had heard shouting and swearing and called 999, believing an intruder had breached into the boarding quarters. He has accepted carrying retired the attacks, but told the assemblage helium had nary recollection of them taking place, claiming to person fallen dormant connected the evening of June 8 and awaking to spot the blood-covered room.

He told the court: “I retrieve being successful the room. The country was covered successful blood. What I could spot was blood. I didn’t perceive anything. I retrieve walking retired to the corridor.” He added: “I knew thing truly atrocious had gone connected and everyone was looking towards me. I didn’t retrieve doing thing truthful the lone rational happening I was reasoning was that I was sleepwalking.”