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| Pupil who stabbed teacher in racist attack given 11-year sentence | |
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| Warning: this report contains offensive language | Warning: this report contains offensive language |
| A 14-year-old boy who stabbed a teacher in a racially motivated attack has been sentenced to an 11-year extended sentence, including six years in custody. | |
| The teacher thought he was going to die after he was stabbed in the attack, the court heard. | The teacher thought he was going to die after he was stabbed in the attack, the court heard. |
| The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, used an offensive racist term before stabbing Vincent Uzomah in the stomach, Bradford crown court heard. | The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, used an offensive racist term before stabbing Vincent Uzomah in the stomach, Bradford crown court heard. |
| He then fled Dixons Kings academy, in Bradford, before boasting about what he had done on Facebook, the court was told. | He then fled Dixons Kings academy, in Bradford, before boasting about what he had done on Facebook, the court was told. |
| Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC branded the youth a “dangerous young offender”. He sentenced him to an 11-year extended sentence which includes six years custody and a further five years on licence. He could serve half of the six years. | |
| Jonathan Sharp, prosecuting, said the boy was described by others as “disruptive and a bully” and had taken a dislike to Uzomah in the seven weeks he had worked at the school, as a supply teacher. | Jonathan Sharp, prosecuting, said the boy was described by others as “disruptive and a bully” and had taken a dislike to Uzomah in the seven weeks he had worked at the school, as a supply teacher. |
| Sharp said: “He did not show any especial hostility to other teachers. Mr Uzomah, however, is black. | Sharp said: “He did not show any especial hostility to other teachers. Mr Uzomah, however, is black. |
| “The defendant disliked him, claiming he couldn’t teach, and freely referred to him by the epithet beginning with the letter n, including saying it in anger just before he attacked him.” | “The defendant disliked him, claiming he couldn’t teach, and freely referred to him by the epithet beginning with the letter n, including saying it in anger just before he attacked him.” |
| Sharp said the boy told a friend the previous day that he was planning to stab a teacher and took a knife with a “substantial blade” into school on June 11, discussing his plans with other pupils. | Sharp said the boy told a friend the previous day that he was planning to stab a teacher and took a knife with a “substantial blade” into school on June 11, discussing his plans with other pupils. |
| He stabbed Uzomah after a row over his mobile phone, the court was told. | He stabbed Uzomah after a row over his mobile phone, the court was told. |
| Sharp said the boy was described by witnesses as “getting angry, red in the face and putting his head down and muttering the words bastard and nigger”. | Sharp said the boy was described by witnesses as “getting angry, red in the face and putting his head down and muttering the words bastard and nigger”. |
| He said: “He approached Mr Uzomah and reached into his pocket but at that point he took out the knife and stabbed Mr Uzomah in the stomach.” | He said: “He approached Mr Uzomah and reached into his pocket but at that point he took out the knife and stabbed Mr Uzomah in the stomach.” |
| He added: “Mr Uzomah thought he was going to die.” | He added: “Mr Uzomah thought he was going to die.” |
| About 20 minutes after the attack the boy posted a message on Facebook which read: “The motherfucker getin funny so I stick the blade straight in his tummy.” | About 20 minutes after the attack the boy posted a message on Facebook which read: “The motherfucker getin funny so I stick the blade straight in his tummy.” |
| Sharp told the court the post received at least 69 “likes”. | Sharp told the court the post received at least 69 “likes”. |