The trial of a 14-year-old lady who stabbed two academics and a pupil has collapsed resulting from a “nice irregularity within the jury”.
Academics Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin, in addition to a pupil at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, have been taken to hospital after the incident on 24 April.
The lady, who can’t be named resulting from her age, admitted the triple stabbing however denied tried homicide.
The jury at Swansea Crown Court docket have been despatched out for deliberations on Tuesday however have been discharged by Decide Paul Thomas KC on Wednesday morning, with a retrial set to start on 27 January.
The decide stated it was resulting from “an awesome irregularity within the jury which all of us agree has irretrievably compromised our capability to think about this matter”.
He added: “With the best of doable reluctance, I must discharge this jury.
“[It is] profound and really unsatisfactory to discharge the jury, particularly for the 14-year-old who must stand trial once more.”
