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A teen who stabbed 2 teachers and a pupil told constabulary officers the onslaught was "one mode to beryllium a celebrity" arsenic each eyes would beryllium connected her, a tribunal has heard.
The girl, who cannot beryllium named, appeared astatine Swansea Crown Court connected Monday charged with 3 counts of attempted execution astatine Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, Carmarthenshire, successful April past year.
She admitted to the triple stabbing of Fiona Elias, Liz Hopkin and a pupil during greeting interruption clip astatine her school, but denied attempted murder.
The assemblage besides heard that the teen shouted she was "going to kill" radical successful the school.
The teen repeatedly said "I'm going to termination you" arsenic she archetypal stabbed adjunct caput Ms Elias, and again erstwhile she attacked a pupil, the tribunal heard.
School teacher Ms Hopkin tried to intervene to assistance Ms Elias, but was stabbed successful her neck, back, legs and arm.
Two different teachers tried to calm the miss aft she stabbed Ms Elias and Ms Hopkin, but she "rushed passed them", and went connected to stab a chap pupil aggregate times.
Prosecution barrister William Hughes KC described it arsenic a "stand-off" wherever the teen moved to different portion of the school, and attacked the pupil saying she was going to termination them.
The teen was said to person initially approached Ms Hopkin and Ms Elias insisting she wanted to spell into the hallway aft being asked to permission by Ms Elias.
The adjunct caput recalled the miss looking astatine her with "sinister eyes" and playing with thing successful her pocket, said Mr Hughes.
When Ms Elias asked her what was successful her pocket, the miss pulled retired a blade, which belonged to her begetter and kept successful his sportfishing equipment, the assemblage heard.
The schoolhouse successful Ammanford was enactment into lockdown arsenic Dyfed-Powys Police investigated. Pupils and teachers stayed successful classrooms for 4 hours, portion the miss was kept successful a schoolroom until constabulary arrived.
On her mode to the constabulary station, Mr Hughes said the teen told an officer: "I'm beauteous definite this is going to beryllium connected the quality truthful much eyes volition beryllium looking astatine me. That's 1 mode to beryllium a celebrity."
Police officers recovered drawings relating to the pupil she stabbed astatine the teenager's home, arsenic good arsenic 1 with the words "Mrs Frogface Elias" and others which wrote of "burning, drowning and death".
The tribunal besides heard a weapon had been recovered successful the teenager's container by Ms Elias earlier successful the schoolhouse year.
Judge Paul Thomas KC told a assemblage connected Monday that the archetypal proceedings successful this lawsuit astatine Swansea Crown Court had to beryllium abandoned.
The proceedings continues.
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