Teen's four chilling words after stabbing two teachers and pupil at school

A 14-year-old schoolgirl who attempted to murder two teachers and a fellow pupil by stabbing them with a knife during a school break time, has been given 15 years detention. Immediately after her arrest, in reference to one victim, she told police: “I stabbed her – oopsies”.

Teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin, and a pupil, were treated in hospital after being stabbed at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, south Wales on April 24 last year.

Following a week-long trial at Swansea Crown Court, the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of attempted murder. As the girl, who was a pupil at the school, attacked the first teacher, she was accused of yelling “I’m going to f*****g kill you” and pulling out a knife.

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The jury also heard she had told friends she going to “do something stupid that could get me expelled” that could involve Mrs Elias on the day of the attack. After she was arrested, the girl made a series of unsolicited comments in the back of a police vehicle, telling officers “I stabbed her – oopsies”.

“I’m pretty sure this is going to be on the news, so more eyes will be looking at me,” she said. “That’s one way to be a celebrity.”

She also asked, “Are they dead” and “How am I going to face my family after what I’ve done?”

Today, Judge Paul Thomas KC sentenced her to 15 years detention, of which half is to be spent on remand. He previously told her that if she had been an adult, she would be facing a life sentence.

As he sentenced her Judge Thomas said he did not believe she had shown genuine remorse for her actions.

“I think you enjoyed the reaction and the publicity. I don’t think you are genuinely sorry for what you did; you have said you are, but I don’t think that’s how you really feel.

“You will have been told by those representing you that you will have to be kept in a secure place, as you have been for nearly a year already.

“Even there, where you are at the moment, you are a danger to others, and you have made threats to someone.”

He added: “What you did at school almost a year ago to the day has caused a large number of people a great deal of people harm and upset. It’s hugely affected many lives, including, of course, your own.

“But Mrs Elias and Ms Hopkin have read out this morning how they have suffered. For one reason or another, you weren’t really listening to what they had to say. You tried to kill three people, two teachers and another pupil.

“You came to school that day planning to do that, as far as Mrs Elias was concerned. I say this was planned – you knew you can’t take a knife, that you had been warned in the past, you never the less did so. You had it open in your pocket to attack Mrs Elias.”

The judge said he believed she had intentionally carried out the attack during the school break, to have the biggest audience possible.

“You wanted as many as possible to see what you planned to do. What you thought of Mrs Elias, what you thought (the other pupil) might have done to you, whatever problems with bullying you had, none of that comes within a million miles of what you did or tried to do.”

Drawings found in her family home referenced Mrs Elias and the girl she attacked, with one note saying the girl will “burn” and another “cut their mouths and eyes”.

During the trial, the defendant told jurors she was sorry for the incident and could not remember large parts of what happened. It doesn’t sound like me. It doesn’t feel like something I would do,” she said.

Swansea Crown Court heard the teenager, who was 13 at the time of the incident, attacked teacher Mrs Elias during the morning break using her father’s multi-tool.

CCTV cameras captured the defendant walking through the school that morning, before sitting beside a stage in the school hall and stabbing the floor with a knife.

She was then seen speaking to Mrs Elias on two occasions – first inside the school building, and then outside – before attacking her with the knife. When Mrs Hopkin stepped in to help, she was also badly injured, sustaining deep cuts to her neck and back.

The teenager then moved on to stab another girl before being restrained by staff.

All three victims survived the attack, but Ms Hopkin, who was stabbed in the neck, had to be flown to Cardiff by air ambulance.

The girl previously pleaded guilty to three counts of wounding with intent and a further count of possession of a bladed article on a school premises – but denied attempted murder.

Detective Chief Superintendent Ross Evans, of , said: “This was an incredibly distressing incident, which not only resulted in three people being physically harmed, but also had a profound impact on the wellbeing of pupils who were present at the time.

“We wish them well as they continue to recover from an incident they should never had to witness at such young ages.

“School should be a safe place, a sanctuary for the pupils that attend it, and weapons have no place within their grounds.

“We will not tolerate any attempt to compromise the safety of children or staff, and as demonstrated here we will act swiftly on the very rare occasion they are put at risk.”

He thanked emergency colleagues and staff at Ygoll Dyffryn Aman for the way in which they dealt with this incident, and the local community for the support they offered to pupils at the school.

“Now that criminal proceedings have come to an end, I ask that we let life at Dyffryn Aman get back to normal so the pupils and staff can focus on their education,” he added.