Teenage girl who stabbed classmates and teachers claims she felt guilty about attack

Police astatine Amman Valley school, successful Ammanford, Carmarthenshire (Image: PA )

A teenage miss who stabbed a classmate and 2 teachers successful a frenzy of unit astatine a secondary schoolhouse told jurors she felt “guilty” astir the attack.

But the youth, who was aged 13 astatine the time, insisted she did not privation to termination immoderate of her victims and “would springiness thing to spell back”.

The girl, present 14, denied attempting to execution teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin, and the chap pupil erstwhile she stabbed them with a sportfishing instrumentality leaf astatine Ysgol Dyffryn Aman schoolhouse successful Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, connected April 24.

Launching her defence lawsuit astatine Swansea Crown Court, she told her barrister Caroline Rees KC however she felt “terrible” astir what had happened whilst she was feeling “grumpy” aft starting her period.

She said: “It doesn’t consciousness similar I did it, to beryllium honest. (I feel) terrible, guilty.”

The weapon allegedly utilized by the teen (Image: CPS)

She added: “I retrieve reasoning to myself ‘What americium I doing? What americium I doing? Stop’ – but I don’t retrieve seeing anything.

“You can’t (look back), it’s dark, to accidental the least, I retrieve being precise blistery during the incident.”

The girl, who had been excluded for a week aft being caught by Mrs Elias with a weapon earlier successful the year, told jurors however she had carried a leaf astir each time since she was successful “Year 3 oregon 4”, saying she felt “scared and worried” and utilized knives to self-harm.

Her begetter told however pursuing the exclusion helium would hunt her container for knives each time but she said she hid it successful her pouch and connected the time of the onslaught her begetter admitted helium had failed to cheque her container earlier school.

The begetter besides claimed his girl had been subjected to bullying astatine schoolhouse whilst a chap pupil besides alleged helium had seen the miss she went connected to stab repeatedly slap the suspect connected the backmost of the caput portion connected the schoolhouse autobus a fewer weeks earlier the incident.

Injured teacher Fiona Elias (Image: Dyfed-Powys Police)

Where the onslaught occurred successful southbound Wales (Image: PA)

Earlier, the tribunal heard from a witnesser that the suspect told adjunct caput Mrs Elias “I’m going to f****** termination you” earlier launching her attack, but the miss denied the accusation but conceded she had antecedently wanted to “punch oregon slap her”.

She besides insisted she did not privation to termination her classmate and could not retrieve striking her.

Asked astir the infinitesimal she was restrained aft stabbing the different child, she said: “I retrieve her saying ‘You’re a f****** psychopath’ and I retrieve saying ‘It’s your fault’.”

Asked by Williams Hughes KC, for the prosecution, if she wanted to termination her classmate oregon her teachers, she said “No”.

All 3 victims were treated successful infirmary earlier being discharged.

The proceedings continues.