Shocking moment girl, 14, ‘stabs two teachers and pupil’ during ‘knife attack’ on school playground

THE tragic moment a schoolgirl, 14, allegedly stabbed two teachers and a fellow pupil has been shown in court.

Teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin, were allegedly knifed alongside another girl on April 24 earlier this year at Amman Valley School, in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.

Mrs Hopkin, 53, who works with special needs students, was stabbed four times.

While drama and Welsh teacher Ms Elias, who is head of year, was rushed to hospital after being knifed in the neck.

Jurors at Swansea Crown Court were shown CCTV footage of the 14-year-old defendant with the knife.

The schoolgirl appeared in court today as the video was played.

It showed her launching an attack on Ms Elias while Ms Hopkin bravely tries to hold her back, before she is stabbed in the neck.

The defendant, who can’t be named for legal reasons, then wounded another student before staff members manage to restrain her.

An edited version of the CCTV footage was released by the Crown Prosecution service.

It shows the defendant scuffling with the teachers right before and after she attacks them.

In the lead up to the horror, the schoolgirl walks into the lower school hall where she sits behind a curtain next to a stage for around half an hour.

Here cameras capture her using the knife to stab the floor – the same weapon used in the attack.

She later returns to the hall to join her friends before Ms Elias comes in and tells her to leave as she did not have permission to be in there.

The girl goes into the corridor to continue talking to Ms Elias, following her around before returning to the hall.

She then reveals the knife to other pupils and shared a can of drink with a boy before walking outside after Ms Elias.

Initially she walks past the teacher, who was speaking to Ms Hopkin, before turning around and talking to the pair.

For around two minutes she holds conversation, with her hands in her pockets, before pulling the knife out.

She attacked Ms Elias at about 11.17am, and Ms Hopkin tried to restrain her before being stabbed in the leg.

While Ms Elias managed to flee, Ms Hopkin was knifed once in the neck and then in the back.

The teacher scrambled away and fellow staff members Steven Hagget and Darrel Campbell tried to calm the teen down.

But she then approached another group of pupils, shouted at a girl and ran towards her before striking her with the knife.

Mr Campbell can then be seen restraining the girl.

The defendant previously accepted charged of wounding with intent and possession of a bladed article on school premises, but denied attempted murder.

Prosecutor William Hughes KS previously told the court how Ms Hopkin suffered the most brutal injuries after being stabbed in her neck, knee, lower leg, chest and under her shoulder blade.

She was flown to Cardiff by air ambulance.

Meanwhile, Mrs Elias and the pupil were transported to hospital in Swansea, where they were also treated for stab wounds.

All three victims have now been discharged from hospital after suffering non life-threatening injuries.

The trial continues on Monday.