'Not to learn, but to kill': Boy, 16, is found guilty of attempted murder of girl, 15, at Norfolk school

From the Newshound archive · first published 21 October 2026.

He arrived at Thorpe St Andrew School in March masked, dressed in black and armed with a kitchen knife, carrying written notes about his hatred of women. CCTV caught him stabbing the girl in the back, then fleeing as a teacher chased him. Jurors at King's Lynn Crown Court convicted him by majority verdict. He will be sentenced on December 18.

Prosecutor Chris Paxton KC said the boy had an 'obsessive and dangerous interest in killers'.

The girl told jurors she turned to a teacher and said: 'Sir, I've been stabbed.'