A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of the attempted murder of a 15-year-old girl he stabbed in the back at Thorpe St Andrew School in Norfolk in March.
Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC said the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had an "obsessive and dangerous interest in killers and killing" and had written in a note about his "hatred for women".
On March 11, the defendant went to the school "not to learn but to kill, taking with him a kitchen knife which he used to stab" the girl "in the back", Mr Paxton told a trial at King's Lynn Crown Court.
Attack and Aftermath
The boy, then aged 15 and now 16, was described as "dressed in black, masked up and tooled up with a kitchen knife".
The school went into lockdown after the attack, prompting an armed police response. The girl was taken to hospital and later discharged.
Mr Paxton said it was "sheer good fortune" she was not more badly hurt.
Verdict
The boy, who pleaded guilty to wounding with intent and possession of a knife at a school, did not give evidence in his defence.
He had denied attempted murder, but a jury found him guilty on Wednesday after three hours and 54 minutes of deliberation.
