This is the moment a teacher stormed out of a classroom, her bloodied head in hand, after being stabbed by a schoolboy who asked her to check his homework.
Vicki Williams, a history teacher at a Pembrokeshire secondary school, thought she was ‘going to die’ when she was attacked ‘out of the blue’ by a 15-year-old pupil.
The boy, now 16, who cannot be named for legal reasons, waited until the end of the day when Ms Williams was alone to produce a kitchen knife with an 8-inch blade.
He was found guilty of wounding with intent after being acquitted of attempted murder by a jury at Swansea Crown Court and was today sentenced to four and a half years in youth detention.
Footage has now revealed the immediate aftermath of the attack – shortly before students at Milford Haven School were locked up.
The boy, wearing a black jacket and backpack, can be seen running down the hallway and through the door as another teacher appears.
Ms. Williams then leaves the classroom in a daze, holding her head with the gun in her hand.
She inspects her hands and is joined by the other teacher as they walk through the door, away from the scene of the crime.
The boy wears a blue top and a black jacket and backpack as he walks to the classroom before asking for help with his homework
In the aftermath of the attack, Ms. Williams leaves the classroom in a daze, holding her head with the gun in her hand
She inspects her hands and is joined by the other teacher as they walk through the door, away from the scene of the crime.
Ms Williams later said she saw “pure hatred” in the boy’s eyes after he thrust the kitchen knife at her and pushed her into a chair before fleeing.
She watched the sentencing hearing via an online link but said in a victim impact statement that she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder – adding that she did not know if she would be able to teach again.
Judge Paul Thomas KC, in handing down the sentence, said it was ‘pure luck’. Ms. Williams was not seriously injured or worse.
He said the boy had an undisclosed problem with the history teacher and bore her “significant ill will.”
“I don’t know why you attacked Mrs Williams with that knife, you never told anyone why you did it,” the judge said. “I think she may have upset you somehow, but I’m not sure why.
“What I do know for sure is that you brought a knife to school that day because you really wanted to hurt her with it.”
In a police interview, Ms Williams said the boy came to her classroom at the end of the school day “cool and collected” to ask if his “work was correct.”
She said this “confused” her because he had “never been bothered before.”
Vicki Williams (pictured), a history teacher at a secondary school in Pembrokeshire, thought she was ‘going to die’ when she was attacked ‘out of the blue’ by a 15-year-old student
The teen waited until the teacher was alone in a classroom before pulling the kitchen knife from his backpack. Pictured: Police outside the school in Pembrokeshire
Ms Williams said “alarm bells” went off in her head when he closed the classroom door and said it was cold. She said he was “trying to keep her talking” while he was “trying to find something in his bag.”
‘I ask him again: “Are you sure you’re okay?” And then he pulls [the knife] out of the bag and falls on me,” she said.
Jurors heard the boy took a large kitchen knife from his bag and hit her in the head before a “violent struggle” ensued in which Ms Williams tried to take the gun from him.
She said the attack came “out of the blue.”
The boy then ran out of the school while the teacher was taken to hospital in Haverfordwest, where she was treated for a wound to her scalp, scratches to her back and minor cuts to her hands.
Christopher Rees KC, prosecuting, said: ‘He deliberately brought a knife to school to attack Vicki Williams.
‘It was a carefully planned attack. He waited until Vicki Williams was alone in her classroom after the school day was over.”
During the trial, Matthew Roberts QC, defending, suggested the student had taken the knife to school to ‘show off’ to other boys. The suspect has previously been guilty of possessing a kitchen knife on school grounds.
The judge said the teenager had never shown any remorse for what he had done, adding: ‘The courts must seek to protect teachers from attacks on them by pupils.
‘This is the second case in recent years of a student stabbing a teacher at a school in the same region of Wales.
‘I want anyone who ever thinks about doing the same thing in the future to know what will happen to them if they do.
‘They won’t be able to go out with their friends, do what they want, go on holiday, have fun, be with their parents, follow their hobbies and do what the rest of their friends are doing for much of their teenage years and perhaps even beyond.
“That’s what’s happening and that’s what’s going to happen to you – the people attacking teachers with knives.”
Jonathan Pritchard, of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said after today’s hearing: ‘This was a shocking display of violence against a teacher doing his job.
‘Knives cause terrible injuries that can often have fatal consequences.
‘The teacher showed great courage in what must have been a terrifying incident.
“The strong evidence provided by the CPS has led to these convictions, which we hope will provide some comfort to the victim of this terrible attack.”
