Boy who attacked sleeping students with hammers at school sentenced to life

A teenager who who attacked two sleeping students and a teacher with hammers at a private school in Devon has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 12 years after being found guilty of attempted murder.The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was armed with three claw hammers and waited for the two boys to be asleep before attacking them at Blundell’s school in Tiverton, Exeter crown court heard.He was wearing just his boxer shorts and used weapons he had collected to prepare for a “zombie apocalypse”, the court was told.The boy, who was 16 at the time of the attacks, admitted assaulting the two boys and the housemaster at the boarding school but claimed he was sleepwalking.The judge, Mrs Justice Cutts, said: “[The victims] did not know what was coming. They could not defend themselves in any way. They were very badly hurt indeed.”She said he had planned the attacks, adding: “You did so because you deliberately intended to kill…