A 16-year-old boy attempted to murder two fellow pupils at a private school as they slept in their boarding-house beds by hitting them repeatedly with a claw hammer, a jury has heard.
The boy, who cannot be named, had “fermented” a plan to kill the pair, who were 16 and 15 at the time, the jury at Exeter crown court was told.
He also attempted to kill a member of staff, Henry Roffe-Silvester, who heard the commotion at Blundell’s school in Devon, and went to investigate.
The defendant, now 17, denies three charges of attempted murder.
In the aftermath, the defendant told other pupils he…
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News Source: www.theguardian.com