This beautiful young woman is Vicki Williams, a history teacher from Pembrokeshire, Wales.
On February 5, a 15 year old student walked into her empty classroom and asked her to check his homework.
He then closed the door.
He walked up to her, pulled a knife out of his bag and stabbed her in the head. This was a sustained attack that only stopped when another teacher intervened.
Vicki was rushed to hospital and thankfully survived.
The boy was prosecuted and in court said that Vicki had tried to grab the knife from his bag and he “accidentally assaulted her”.
The prosecution said that he had sought out a lone teacher who he could attack.
Yesterday, he boy was found not guilty attempted murder. He was found guilty of wounding with intent.
He will be sentenced on September 3 but will probably get a few months at a juvenile facility. I doubt that this will change his behaviour.
I had a good conversation with the Chief Whip today where she offered me a return to government. After careful thought, I declined, with respect and with thanks.
I resigned in June because I did not believe the defence funding on the table was adequate for the threats this country faces. I said so publicly and I still stand by every word.
I've always said I would serve where I am asked. In normal circumstances, that is exactly what I would do, but the argument I resigned over has not yet been settled. To take another role now, in another department, would suggest that it has. Until the country is spending what it needs to spend on its own defence, my job is to keep making that case, honestly and constructively, from the backbenches.
The appointment of John Healey as Chancellor changes the picture in one important respect. John resigned for the same reasons I did. He is a man of his word and he has made it clear that he will deliver on the commitments that led him to leave government in the first place. The Prime Minister knows exactly what John stands for and that appointment is meaningful and I welcome it.
The people around the Cabinet table and across government are doing difficult jobs in a difficult moment and I will do everything I can from the backbenches to help our party and country succeed. Where I believe more needs to be done, I'll keep making that case in good faith.
There is also serious work to be done on Northern Ireland Legacy, opportunities for young people, getting the country fitter and healthier, and I will keep pushing on all of that too. That's the job of a backbench MP and I take it seriously.
Birmingham Selly Oak sent me here to deliver for them and that is where my focus remains... 🫡🫡
@TheMilburnStand@JacobsBen We have the same at villa, as soon as we get a player debuting for england, he being snapped up by 1 of the big 4.
Of 6 players who played in world cup, 3 have been sold and the 3 others are being touted to leave too
Managed to make money on these players,yet @AVFCOfficial are still getting screwed by PSR! yes are wages have been high,now this is the second year in Champions league,and we’ve won the Europa league.. it’s a joke
@LabourfutureUK Coming from the think tank that said starmer was not going to leave.
Stop promoting BS. Because you never say sorry when things go wrong or take accountability
They thought NO ONE was filming.
Four government ministers, paid by YOU to protect you, huddled together and LAUGHING about letting criminals back onto your streets.
Wes Streeting. Shabana Mahmood. Yvette Cooper. Alex Norris, the brand new JUSTICE SECRETARY.
"He wants to let them all out." Then they LAUGH.
So, Letting criminals back onto your streets is the PUNCHLINE. The joke. The thing that gets a chuckle between mates before they move on to chatting about their swearing-in ceremonies.
Not the VICTIMS. Not the families. Not the people who'll live next door to whoever "them" turns out to be.
Just a laugh, shared quietly, when they thought nobody was listening.
This is who they are when they think the cameras are off. Relaxed. Matey. AMUSED. Handling your safety like it's the setup to a joke.
SHAME on you. All of you. Families are burying people. Women are checking over their shoulders walking home in the dark. And you're stood in a huddle LAUGHING.
It's DISGUSTING. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
Remember it. Because this is the version they never meant for you to SEE.
@wesstreeting Thats probably right, but because labour were so verocous on tories when they behaved the same way, you are going to be called out for your behaviour.
What you said will have heart victims of crime.