A 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil at her school told police ‘that’s one way to be a celebrity’ as she was carted away. CCTV footage of the girl attacking the two teachers before moving on to stab another girl after she was disarmed at Amman Valley School in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, was played at Swansea Crown Court. Opening the girl’s trial on Monday, William Hughes KC, prosecuting, said the girl told police officers after she was arrested: ‘I’m pretty sure this is going to be on the news.
‘So more eyes will be looking at me. ‘That’s one way to be a celebrity.’ But she also asked ‘are they dead’ and added: ‘How am I going to face my family after what I’ve done?’ The court heard that the girl described the attack on the teenager to the officers, saying: ‘I stabbed her, oopsies’.
Mr Hughes said the girl confronted assistant head Fiona Elias in the school yard telling her: ‘I’m going to kill you, I’m going to f****** kill you’, before launching her attack with a multi-tool that her father used for fishing. The video showed how Mrs Elias was with fellow teacher Liz Hopkin, who immediately intervened. Mr Hughes said Ms Hopkin ended up with the more serious injuries, to her back, neck, legs and arms, and had to be airlifted for treatment.
He said the teachers later said the girl had ‘lost it’. The footage played in court showed how a number of teachers arrived quickly and talked to the girl, trying to calm her d.