Teen who stabbed teachers and pupil questioned why she wanted to kill others in notebook, court hears

A 14-year-old girl, who was a pupil astatine Amman Valley School successful Wales, stabbed 3 radical astatine her schoolhouse successful April - with Swansea Crown Court was shown pictures of her shocking diary confessions

A teen who stabbed 2 teachers and a pupil questioned whether she would go a "celebrity" aft the horrific attack, a tribunal has heard.

The schoolgirl, who was 13 astatine the time, questioned whether she wasn't "human" due to the fact that she wanted to harm people, the crown claim. Swansea Crown Court heard however the miss injured her teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin, and a pupil astatine Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, besides known arsenic Amman Valley School, successful Ammanford, Carmarthenshire successful April.

The girl, who is present 14, had drawn images which the crown claims could person referenced 2 of her victims that she attacked. In 1 image, she wrote the chilling words "they could die" adjacent to the imaginable representation of her teenage victim. The 14-year-old girl, who cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, antecedently admitted wounding with intent and possession of a bladed nonfiction connected schoolhouse premises. However, she denies attempted execution successful the incidental connected April 24, erstwhile she was 13.

Phrases written successful the notebook were work retired to the assemblage by William Hughes KC, who spoke connected behalf of the prosecution. One leafage said 'Why bash I privation to termination others arsenic overmuch arsenic I privation to termination myself? Maybe it's different crushed I'm simply not human. Why bash I beryllium astir each time erstwhile I privation to move? Why bash I consciousness thing but hate? If I cognize what I'm doing wherefore bash I bash it?'.

On the leafage which featured a drawing, perchance of the miss she went connected to attack, which besides said "burning a person", and "to death", with a smiley look drawn adjacent by. Police body-worn camera footage of the miss speaking to an serviceman successful the backmost of a constabulary van was besides shown to the jury.

In 1 video she said: "I stabbed her - oopsies." She added: "I've had loads of eyes connected maine today. Sooner oregon aboriginal I'm 90% definite this volition beryllium connected the news. That's 1 mode to beryllium a celebrity." The miss told the serviceman she thought she seemed similar a bully idiosyncratic and said: "Your actions talk the truth. If your actions talk the information what would that marque me?"

After she arrived astatine the constabulary presumption she questioned however she could "face my household aft what I person done". The assemblage besides watched the CCTV from the time of the incidental again and were fixed a elaborate breakdown of the pupil's movements.

It showed her walking into the little schoolhouse hallway aboriginal successful the time wherever she sat down a curtain adjacent to a stage. She stayed successful spot for astir fractional an hr and astatine 1 constituent could beryllium seen stabbing the weapon she would aboriginal usage successful the onslaught into the floor.

She aboriginal joined her friends astatine a array successful the hallway earlier Ms Elias entered the country and ordered her to leave. The miss went into the corridor to proceed talking to Ms Elias, pursuing her astir earlier returning to the hall, wherever she showed the different pupils the knife.

She shared a tin of portion with different pupil earlier walking extracurricular aft Ms Elias. She walks by the teacher, who was speaking to Liz Hopkin, earlier turning astir and engaging them successful conversation. For astir 2 minutes she could beryllium seen talking to the teachers with her hands successful her pockets earlier pulling the weapon retired and launching into her attack.

Her onslaught connected Ms Elias lasted little than a infinitesimal earlier the teacher managed to get distant and the miss began her battle connected Ms Hopkin, stabbing her erstwhile successful the neck. Other teachers arrived and attempted to calm her down but she pushed by them earlier shouting astatine a miss and moving towards her, hitting her with the knife.

The proceedings continues.