{"id":28407,"date":"2024-10-09T08:25:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T12:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=28407"},"modified":"2024-10-09T08:25:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T12:25:22","slug":"school-stabbing-trial-collapses-over-jury-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/10\/09\/school-stabbing-trial-collapses-over-jury-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"School stabbing trial collapses over jury problem"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The trial of a 14-year-old girl accused of trying to murder two teachers and a pupil in a school stabbing has collapsed due to a “great irregularity in the jury”.<\/b><\/p>\n

Teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin and a pupil at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, were taken to hospital after being stabbed on 24 April.<\/p>\n

The girl, who cannot be named due to her age, pleaded guilty to three counts of wounding with intent, but denied three counts of attempted murder.<\/p>\n

The jury at Swansea Crown Court began deliberations on Tuesday, but were discharged on Wednesday morning, with Judge Paul Thomas KC saying the trial had been “irretrievably compromised”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The judge asked one member of the jury to stay behind as members of the public were told to leave the court.<\/p>\n

A retrial is due to start on 27 January.<\/p>\n

Mr Thomas said the collapse of this trial was due to “a great irregularity in the jury which we all agree has irretrievably compromised our ability to consider this matter”.<\/p>\n

He added: “With the greatest of possible reluctance, I will have to discharge this jury.<\/p>\n

“[It is] profound and very unsatisfactory to discharge the jury, especially for the 14-year-old who will have to stand trial again.”<\/p>\n

On the day of the triple stabbing, emergency services, including two air ambulance helicopters, were called to the scene and a knife was recovered.<\/p>\n

The three victims sustained non-life threatening injuries but Ms Hopkin, who was stabbed in the neck, had to be airlifted to hospital.<\/p>\n

The school was locked down and remained closed the following day for investigations to take place.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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