Boy, 13, in court over double stabbing at school

A 13-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed two boys in the neck and squirted another with insect spray in a school attack has appeared at court.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of launching an attack in front of numerous children and a teacher at Kingsbury High School in Brent, north-west London, on 10 February.

He is charged with two counts of attempted murder and unlawfully and maliciously administering a noxious thing to a third child.

Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, sitting at the Old Bailey, set a plea hearing for 3 July. The boy was remanded into custody.

Prosecutor Ben Lloyd said the defendant had armed himself with an aerosol of insect spray and a kitchen knife, and positioned his mobile phone to record events.

"He entered the premises first of all, knocked on a classroom door and then hid along the side of the wall," Lloyd said.

"Child C opened the classroom door and the defendant sprayed him directly in the face and once inside the classroom he stabbed in the neck child A."

The defendant then allegedly left the classroom and "moments later" attacked another child in the playground in the presence of others, stabbing him in the neck.

He then ran away and was undetected for about three hours before being apprehended by police, the court was told.

The boy has also been charged with possession of a knife on school premises without good reason or lawful authority.

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