Pupil stabbed ‘to feel like monster ...but I lied about wanting to kill’

ATEENAGER who stabbed a fellow pupil has told a court he was lying when he gave statements saying he wanted to kill his victim.

The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was giving evidence in his defence at Mold Crown Court on day two of his trial.

He denies attempting to murder the 15-year-old on February 11 this year at Eirias High School, Colwyn Bay.

He accepts an alternative charge of stabbing the boy with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

He said he lied about wanting to kill people, and his victim in particular, because he felt his sister would not “forgive” him for what he had done, and because he felt he was a “bad monster”.

The court also heard how at the age of 10 he saw his pregnant mother dead in their house in Lancashire.

He said family members were there and she was “purple” in the face.

After his mother’s death, he then lived with a sister, before moving to another sister’s house in north Wales.

Answering defence counsel Sion ap Mihangel, the accused, wearing a pale blue t-shirt and grey jogging bottoms, said he had stolen a bottle of bourbon and drunk from it before school on the day of the attack.

He was thrown out of class for being disruptive but said he couldn’t remember telling a female pupil he had a knife and he wanted to stab the teacher. He was taken to see the deputy headteacher and the bottle of alcohol was confiscated.

Instead of going into a “referral area” in the school, he followed his victim down a corridor and described to the court what happened next.

He said: “He was just walking a couple of paces ahead of me. I tried to get him to turn around and face me. He picked up his pace and started to walk at speed.

“I was paying close attention to his back because his back was close to me. I grabbed the knife from my right trouser pocket... and decided to stab him in the general back area because that’s what was facing me, his back.”

He was asked what he was attempting do.

He said he was “intending to injure him”.

Mr ap Mihangel asked again what his client’s intention was.

He said: “I just wanted to cause him harm, to injure him. I just wanted to let out my frustration. I couldn’t handle it.”

“The prosecution say you intended to kill him at that point,” said Mr ap Mihangel.

The accused replied: “I imagine we will get into that more in questions, but I was lying.”

He said he left the school and went to Rhyl, where he confessed his crimes to a stranger before the police were called and he was arrested.

Asked why he told police he intended to kill his victim, he said: “I felt my sister wouldn’t forgive me and truthfully she was all I had left.

“Without her I would be on my own, so I was trying to get into custody.

“I knew the word ‘kill’ was a powerful tool, especially in things of law.”

The trial continues.