Teen girl accused of teachers' attempted murder was 'anxious' and 'scared'

A teenage miss accused of the attempted execution of 2 teachers and a pupil took a weapon to schoolhouse "every day" due to the fact that she was "anxious" and "scared", a proceedings has heard.

She allegedly tried to termination teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin and a pupil astatine Ysgol Dyffryn Aman - besides known arsenic Amman Valley schoolhouse - successful Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, connected 24 April past year.

On the 5th time of the trial, the suspect said the onslaught was "really retired of character" and "doesn't look similar thing I would do".

The assemblage of 7 men and 5 women has been told the schoolgirl has pleaded blameworthy to 3 counts of wounding with intent and possession of a bladed nonfiction connected schoolhouse premises but denies attempted murder.

The defendant, who cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, spoke successful the witnesser container wearing a achromatic garment and a achromatic knitted vest.

Swansea Crown Court heard the suspect was bullied "four, 3 times a week".

'Mrs Frogface Elias'

Asked astir a drafting successful her notebook referring to "Mrs Frogface Elias", she said she was "taking the mick and benignant of proving a point".

She told the tribunal that drafting was her mode of "expressing [herself]" and she kept "most of it private".

The tribunal heard the miss did not cognize Mrs Hopkin earlier the attack.

She besides said she did not similar the child, who cannot beryllium named owed to her age, but added that she did not privation to wounded her.

In the aftermath of the attack, the suspect remembers telling her - "It's your fault" - but told the assemblage she did judge it was not the child's fault.

'A spot jumpy'

The teen said reasoning astir the onslaught makes her "a spot jumpy".

"I effort to hide astir it, but sometimes it conscionable benignant of comes backmost successful definite ways," she added.

She said she did not "remember much" of the incidental and it was "just truly what I've seen connected CCTV".

"I remember, like, parts but thing that tin reply immoderate of these questions," she added.

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After the incident, she was taken to an office, wherever she said she was "still rather shook, but I retrieve proceeding the codification reddish connected the tannoy."

The proceedings continues.