The father of a teenage schoolgirl who attempted to murder two teachers and a fellow pupil is reported by a newspaper to have defended her savage playground knife attack – reportedly claiming that her actions had ‘some merit’ following prolonged alleged bullyingThe teachers had confronted her for trying to access a hallway at the Carmarthenshire school – and she responded with unjustifiable violence, stabbing Ms Elias in the arm and Ms Hopkin in the neck.
But the ‘troubled’ and ‘unhappy’ girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was allegedly pushed to ‘breaking point’ after being bullied at school without any consequence for her tormentors, according to remarks reported to have been made by her father.
The father, who was raising the girl alone after her mother left home, was quoted in The Times as saying that his daughter was ‘responsible for her actions’ but added: ‘Unfortunately, her actions have some merit.’
He said: ‘When you have somebody of authority who is pushing down on you and they are not listening and you are getting constantly bullied, everyone is going to have a breaking point and she got to her breaking point, I believe.’
Swansea Crown Court heard that a fellow pupil had witnessed the girl being slapped on the back of the head four or five times by the year 10 pupil she went on to stab.Father of schoolgirl who stabbed two teachers and pupil defends her knife attack
