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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Steven Morris

Teenager in Wales given detention sentence for stabbing teacher in head

The sign and gate of Milford Haven comprehensive school, next to a car park, with school buildings in the background
The attack took place in a classroom at Milford Haven comprehensive school in February. Photograph: Google Maps

A judge has expressed concern over possible copycat attacks on school staff as he sentenced a teenager who stabbed a teacher in the head to four and a half years in youth detention.

Judge Thomas KC said it was the second such attack in south-west Wales in two years and that the authorities might have to consider what security measures were in place to protect teachers.

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