The chilling words a girl allegedly wrote in her notebook before stabbing teachers and pupil in school yard

The girl is on trial accused of attempting to murder teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin and a pupil at a school in Wales earlier this year

These are the chilling words a girl allegedly wrote in her notebook before she later stabbed two teachers and a pupil in a school yard. The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, faces three charges of attempted murder after an incident in Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire on April 24 this year.

A Swansea Crown Court trial previously heard that on the day of the incident the defendant approached teacher Fiona Elias in the yard and gave her what was described as a “sinister look” before producing what appeared to be a silver fishing multi-tool blade from her pocket and stabbing Mrs Elias several times while shouting “I am going to f****** kill you”.

Fellow member of staff Liz Hopkin then intervened to try to protect her colleague Mrs Elias and grabbed the defendant from behind and tried to restrain her. She and a pupil sustained injuries before the defendant was restrained and brought to a classroom, and police were called. Both teachers and the pupil were taken to hospital with stab wounds. The defendant later pleaded guilty to three counts of grievous bodily harm with intent and one count of possession of a bladed article on school premises but denies three counts of attempted murder for which she is on trial. You can follow the trial here.

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On Monday, October 7 the defendant gave evidence in Swansea Crown Court and was asked about the events of April 24. She was asked about entries in a notebook, in reference to “committing the crime of a lifetime.” Prosecutor William Hughes KC said: “Did you want to become famous… Did you have murder in your mind?” The defendant said: “No.”

The defendant said she approached Mrs Elias and "started the conversation asking why I couldn’t go in the lower school hall and she brought up my uniform.” She said she started hitting her with a knife but could not recall saying she was going to kill her and denied she wanted to. She said: “I remember thinking to myself, what are you doing, stop. But I don’t remember seeing anything…

“It’s just dark, to say the least. I remember being very hot during the incident.” She said: “I remember seeing black and remember my body swinging.” She denied she deliberately targeted Miss Hopkin's neck or any body part of either teacher and said: “I remember feeling very exhausted, but quite scared and panicked… I don’t remember feeling anything but I was a bit shook and I was shaking. I didn’t notice until I looked at my hands.”

Regarding the incident involving the female pupil the defendant said: “I remember hearing somebody speaking, I recognised the voice. I turned around and screamed ‘(pupil’s name) you’re next’.”

Judge Thomas KC said: “You’re next’ for what?” The defendant said: “I don’t know… I don’t recall hearing, seeing, feeling anything after that.” She denied calling the female pupil a “b*tch” or of threatening to kill her.

Asked if she remembered the aftermath of the incident the defendant said: “No, I remembered being pulled to a wall, her screaming ‘You’re a f****** psychopath’ and me saying ‘It’s your fault’." When asked if she was feeling anything after she was arrested the defendant said: “No.” The defendant was asked how she felt in the police van and said: “Guilty.”

Ms Rees said: “How did you feel about the fact you had stabbed (the female pupil)?” The defendant said: “Terrible… Like I asked if they were dead because I saw someone being pushed them into a helicopter and I thought I’d done…

Ms Rees said: “Did you want them to be dead?” and the defendant said: “No.” Ms Rees said: “How do you feel about what you did?” to which the defendant said: “It doesn’t feel like I did it to be honest.”

The defendant was also asked about footage played in court in which she was heard saying: “I’ve had loads of eyes on me today, sooner or later I’m 90% sure this is going to be on the news and that’s one way to be a celebrity.”

Mr Hughes said: “Were you pleased of getting media attention for what you’d done?” The defendant said: “No, I was trying to lighten the mood.” Judge Paul Thomas KC said: “Making light of it?” The defendant said: “Yes, that’s something I do when I’m upset.”

Referring to the footage, Mr Hughes said: “You smiled, is that something that made you happy?” The defendant said: “No, it was meant to be some sort of joke.” The trial continues.