A teacher who was stabbed in the head by a pupil with a large kitchen knife told a court she believed she was going to die. Vicki Williams was in her classroom at Milford Haven Comprehensive School in Pembrokeshire when the 16-year-old, who cannot be named due to his age, approached her for help with his history work.
Williams testified that the teenager then lunged at her with the knife, stabbing her in the head and pushing her back into a chair. "I'm dying. I'm not going to see my daughter again," she told the jury at Swansea Crown Court, recounting her thoughts during the attack.
The boy denies attempted murder, wounding with intent, and unlawful wounding, but has admitted to possessing a knife. On the second day of the trial, Williams stated that the defendant had been "absolutely fine" in her class earlier that day and that she had no prior issues with him, believing they had a good relationship.
She described it as unusual for him to seek help with his work after school hours. Williams noted he was a student with "low work ability" but acknowledged he might have felt pressure following mock exams. Before the alleged attack, the student repeatedly asked for help with his history assignment, pointing at his book while "ruffling in his bag," which Williams described as a tactic to keep her talking.
"He's then trying to creep. It's a slow movement to try and get behind me," she told the court. She reported that the teenager pulled "something out of the bag," and after knocking her into her chair, she looked up to see the knife. "The look was pure hatred. The eyes, it was pure hatred, they were definitely not vacant," Williams stated.