Teen who stabbed two teachers 'reached breaking point' after being bullied, dad says

The girl, who was 13 astatine the time, was recovered blameworthy of 3 counts of attempted execution aft attacking lawman caput teacher Fiona Elias, teacher Liz Hopkin, and a pistillate pupil astatine Ysgol Dyffryn Aman

A teen who stabbed 2 teachers and a classmate astatine a schoolhouse successful Wales had "reached breaking point" after being bullied, her dada has claimed.

The girl, who was 13 astatine the clip and cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, was recovered blameworthy of 3 counts of attempted execution aft attacking lawman caput teacher Fiona Elias, teacher Liz Hopkin, and a pistillate pupil connected April 24 past year. The teen had utilized her dad's multi-tool weapon to onslaught the victims during a greeting interruption astatine Ysgol Dyffryn Aman.

During the week-long proceedings the girl, present 14, took to the witnesser container and said she would beryllium bullied "three oregon four" times a week successful the Ammanford schoolhouse and arsenic a effect felt "anxious and frightened each the time".

Now, successful an interrogation with The Times, her dada has claimed that bullying caused her girl to scope breaking point. He said portion his girl was "responsible for her actions" helium added: "Unfortunately her actions person immoderate merit." He said: "When you person idiosyncratic of authorization who is pushing down connected you and they are not listening and you are getting perpetually bullied everyone is going to person a breaking constituent and she got to her breaking constituent I believe.

"At home, anterior to it each happening, I could spot she was getting depressed and she was self-harming. This was a sign. She contemplated termination for a small spot due to the fact that the bullying was utmost but alternatively of going that mode astir it she went the different mode and lashed out."

During the proceedings the tribunal heard that the teachers thought they were going to dice during the attacks. The assemblage were besides told that she wrote disturbing entries successful a notebook including 'Why bash I privation to termination others arsenic overmuch arsenic I privation to termination myself."

WalesOnline reported, the girl's begetter claimed that the miss was being kicked, punched, and slapped by bullies astatine the Carmarthenshire schoolhouse and felt she was being unfairly "pulled up" for detention. While being cross-examined the miss admitted that she hated Mrs Elias but said she did not privation to termination anyone.

The tribunal was told the miss had been excluded from schoolhouse astatine the commencement of the world twelvemonth aft a weapon was recovered successful her bag. She was allowed to instrumentality to schoolhouse connected the information that her begetter agreed to cheque her container each greeting earlier she left, arsenic good arsenic support for schoolhouse unit to cheque her bag.

Her begetter told The Times that helium didn't cheque her container that greeting due to the fact that his girl had near the location earlier helium woke up. He said helium antecedently warned unit that "if you don’t halt the bullying thing is going to spell bad". He alleged: "They wholly ignored it and brushed it disconnected by the looks of it."

On Monday a assemblage returned a blameworthy verdict connected 3 counts of attempted execution aft 3 hours of deliberation. She pleaded blameworthy to charges of wounding with intent to origin grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed nonfiction connected a schoolhouse premises. The miss is owed to beryllium sentenced successful April.