Boy (14) sentenced to 11 years for stabbing teacher

A 14-year-old boy who stabbed a supply teacher in a racially-motivated attack in England has been sentenced at Bradford Crown Court to 11 years detention.

The court heard how the supply teacher thought he was going to die after he was stabbed by the boy.

The teenager, who cannot be named, admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Vincent Uzomah at Dixons Kings Academy in Bradford.

He used an offensive racist term before stabbing Mr Uzomah in the stomach,

Bradford Crown Court heard. The boy stabbed the 50-year-old teacher once before fleeing the school and bragging about what he had done on Facebook. About 20 minutes after the attack the boy posted a message which read: "The motherf***** getin funny so I stick the blade straight in his tummy."

Jonathan Sharp, prosecuting, told the court the boy was described by others as "disruptive and a bully" and had taken a dislike to Mr Uzomah in the seven weeks he had worked at the school.

Mr 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.

PA