Ammanford stabbing report finds girl was fascinated by weapons and war

The second earlier than a teenage lady stabs lecturers at Ysgol Dyffryn AmanA teenage lady who stabbed two lecturers and a pupil final 12 months had beforehand been discovered with a knife, BB gun and struggle memorabilia in her college bag, a overview has discovered.The lady, who can’t be named resulting from her age, was 13 on the time of the assault at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Carmarthenshire on 24 April 2024. Earlier this 12 months, she was discovered responsible of tried homicide and was sentenced to fifteen years in detention.A multi-agency overview discovered the lady would have benefited from “focused assist” if “data had been totally shared and assessed”.A joint assertion on behalf of Carmarthenshire council, Dyfed-Powys Police, Hywel Dda well being board and the varsity’s headteacher mentioned they’d work on an motion plan.The unbiased overview by Gladys Rhodes White discovered the lady was seen as “quirky” and had “uncommon pursuits” in struggle memorabilia and Hitler.It added she had a fascination with weapons and would faux to talk German and Russian.A BB gun [airgun] was present in her bag at a faculty she attended earlier than she joined Ysgol Dyffryn Aman.In Could 2023, the lady threatened to make use of a knife on one other pupil, and a knife was present in her bag throughout a search in September 2023. These incidents led to her father agreeing to each day bag checks and the overview discovered counselling help was supplied, however refused.A referral to the Forestall anti-terrorism programme was thought of however not pursued.The report discovered one other referral was made for an Early Assist evaluation however her father declined it.Academics Fiona Elias (left), Liz Hopkin (proper) and a pupil had been injured within the stabbing at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman final AprilDuring the trial at Swansea Crown Courtroom, the jury heard the lady carried a knife to highschool each day as an “intuition factor” as a result of she was bullied.On 24 April 2024 {the teenager} used her father’s multi-tool knife and had instructed different pupils she would stab Ms Elias.She repeatedly stabbed her saying “I’ll kill you” earlier than Ms Hopkin was additionally stabbed as she intervened.The lady then ran at a 14-year-old pupil with the knife and stabbed her earlier than she was restrained by trainer Darrel Campbell.She instructed police it was “one solution to be a celeb” after she was arrested.Decide Paul Thomas KC mentioned the lady had not proven regret and had attacked the three for consideration.PA MediaThe teenager attacked the three utilizing her father’s multi-tool knife The overview advised the lady had psychological well being challenges and had a troubled childhood with “fractured parental relationships” and publicity to home abuse.The college had described her as displaying distinctive behaviours that made her stand out from friends developmentally.The overview discovered the varsity had raised considerations throughout a faculty psychological well being session {that a} knife had been present in her college bag which led to police involvement.The lecturers instructed the unbiased overview bullying was an ongoing difficulty for {the teenager}, together with on the varsity bus.Ms Rhodes White mentioned it was probably she was affected by a number of hostile childhood experiences.Whereas {the teenager} had been referred to psychological well being companies, the overview added it was troublesome to know whether or not her emotional well being might have been impacted by neurodiversity, as an evaluation or particular analysis for neurodiversity was not carried out.{The teenager}’s father instructed the overview he felt companies had let his daughter and the household down, however the writer advised a “sample” in company data of help provides being “declined or not adopted up”.”It was clear on additional examination that she didn’t meet the edge for Forestall intervention, however she clearly met a threshold for additional considerations to be explored, and for a danger evaluation to be undertaken,” Ms Rhodes White instructed BBC Wales after the report’s publication. “Sadly when she was referred for an early assist evaluation, the dad did not pursue that or cooperate, she did not, and the kids’s companies had no statutory powers at that stage to implement that.”Ms Rhodes White’s report concluded the lady had skilled “a number of challenges which businesses had some consciousness of at totally different occasions and in numerous methods”. “Every company had their very own items of the jigsaw. In collating all of the items of the jigsaw, there’s a a lot clearer image of the extent of considerations round [her] frame of mind and her related behaviours.”She later added: “I really feel that there have been alternatives the place data sharing may have been strengthened… hindsight is an excellent factor.”However her report mentioned “no data held by businesses recognized a transparent skill to foresee the stunning and surprising occasions which occurred in April 2024″.”Having been concerned in a lot of severe instances, I did have a degree of concern about a few of the missed alternatives, however sadly it isn’t unusual,” she added, including “it couldn’t have been predicted that on the day this was going to occur”.Pupils at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman went into lockdown following the stabbings throughout morning breakMs Rhodes White made a complete of 11 suggestions which included that “consideration must be given at a neighborhood and nationwide degree to safe ample assets and capability for businesses throughout all sectors, to have the ability to reply to ongoing growing ranges of complexity and wishes of youngsters and younger individuals, notably in colleges”.She added the “potential for facilitating higher inter-agency sharing of complete, related and chronological data” must be explored.”When kids are topic to delays for assessments, analysis or therapy, resulting from lengthy ready lists, businesses want to contemplate how such kids are monitored and helped throughout that point,” she added.Ms Rhodes White additionally mentioned businesses ought to think about prioritising coaching.In a joint assertion, Carmarthenshire council, the headteacher of Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, Dyfed-Powys Police and Hywel Dda well being board mentioned they “acknowledge the difficult and troublesome circumstance confronted by the victims and the entire neighborhood” after the incident.”We’ve obtained the unbiased report in respect of the Multi-Company Skilled Discussion board (MAPF), and can work with all companions to develop an motion plan to deal with its suggestions.”Whereas it isn’t traditional to publish critiques of this kind, or for such a overview to be undertaken independently, it was agreed for the Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Kids’s Board to publish the report on behalf of the businesses concerned within the MAPF to make sure all attainable efforts have been made to study from these occasions and to take action in a clear and open means.”