Schoolboy, 16, who stabbed female teacher in the head after asking her to check his homework is locked up for four years

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 06:59 EDT, 3 September 2026 | Updated: 07:12 EDT, 3 September 2026 A 16-year-old schoolboy who stabbed a teacher in the head after asking her to check his homework has been locked up for four and a half years. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, attacked history teacher Vicki Williams at Milford Haven Comprehensive School in Pembrokeshire in February.The defendant, who was 15 at the time, was found guilty of wounding with intent after being acquitted by a jury of attempted murder. Mrs Williams said she saw 'pure hatred' in the boy's eyes after he thrust the kitchen knife with an eight-inch blade towards her and pushed her into a chair before fleeing.Children at the school were placed into lockdown following the attack.Mrs Williams watched the sentencing hearing from an online link but in a victim impact statement said she is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Passing sentence at Swansea Crown Court, Judge Paul Thomas KC said it was 'pure luck' Mrs Williams had not been seriously injured or worse.'I don't know why you attacked Mrs Williams with that knife, you never told anybody why you did it,' the judge said. Vicki Williams, a history teacher, was stabbed by a pupil in February. He was acquitted of attempted murder Police outside the school after the attack, after which Mrs Williams said she believed she was going to die'I think it may have been that in some way she had upset you, but I don't know for certain why.'What I do know for certain is that you took a knife that day to school because you wanted to really hurt her with it.'You knew what you were going to do was very wrong, but you had planned it in advance.'You knew she would not be any physical match for you and when you stabbed her in the top of her head with the knife, you knew that at the very least that might cause her a great deal of harm.'It was pure luck that she did not have far worse injuries, maybe even fatal injuries.'You could have killed her, although the jury found that you didn't mean to go that far.'This is a breaking news story - more to follow