Boy guilty of attempted murders in Devon private school hammer attack
- A private school boy in Devon found guilty of three counts of attempted murder for attacking sleeping roommates and a housemaster with a hammer.
- The 16-year-old public schoolboy admitted to the attacks but claimed he was sleepwalking.
- Following a two-month trial at Exeter Crown Court, the teenager was convicted of attempted murder.
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Schoolboy guilty of trying to kill sleeping students and teacher with hammers
A schoolboy tried to kill two pupils and a teacher at Blundell’s School in Tiverton, Devon (Picture: SWNS) A hammer-wielding public schoolboy who attacked two students as they slept and then a teacher has been found guilty of attempted murder. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, carried out the savage attack at Blundell’s School in Tiverton, Devon, in June last year. He was found guilty at Exeter Crown Court today. During a t…
Private schoolboy who attacked two sleeping students and teacher with hammers found guilty of attempted murder
A teenager who said he was sleepwalking when he attacked two students and a teacher with hammers has been found guilty of attempted murder.The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was dressed only in his boxer shorts when he repeatedly hit his dorm-mates at Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon, in June last year.Both boys who were injured in the attack suffered skull fractures, as well as injuries to their ribs, spleen, a puncture…

Schoolboy who attacked two students and teacher with hammer in Devon found guilty
He attacked two sleeping students and a teacher with hammers at the boarding school in Tiverton.
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