A 16-year-old boy is on trial at King’s Lynn Crown Court charged with attempted murder after stabbing a fellow student at Thorpe St Andrew School near Norwich in March. The incident involved a 15-year-old girl who was attacked on March 11, and the prosecution has introduced notes found in the defendant’s possession as part of the case.

Opening the prosecution’s case, Christopher Paxton KC detailed that the boy had written about an “attraction to violence” and expressed “hatred for women” in notes discovered in his bedroom. One note, pinned to the wall, read: “My barren world… If you’re reading this, I am either dead or in custody,” further stating that the decision to act was solely his, without influence from others. Another note described the defendant’s fascination with “chaos” and “murder,” saying, “My brain clicks at the thought of chaos. Of blood. Of murder.”

The girl gave a video-recorded interview that was played during the trial, describing the attacker as masked and dressed completely in black, without any school uniform. She recalled feeling someone touch her shoulder before being struck but only realised she had been stabbed after running into a classroom and informing staff. The school immediately went into lockdown, and she received first aid on site. During her testimony in court, the girl, visibly emotional, denied having any prior issues with the accused and requested a break at one point while giving evidence.

Another female student, who witnessed the stabbing, also provided a police interview recording. She stated that the boy approached the victim from behind and stabbed her near her shoulder. Prosecutors argued that the defendant’s intent was evident not only in the act itself but also in the content of his writings and his expressed obsession with violence and killing.

The defendant denies the charge of attempted murder. The trial is ongoing.