I have long known that anybody can lash out when suffering from stress. I remember being told that even teachers and social workers are not immune from this. It would appear that the teacher was provoked by the pupil. However, this does not justify the savagery of the attack. It is merely an explanation of what can happen when somebody is on the brink and gets pushed over the edge. The final straw which breaks the camel's back. I suspect that a charge of attempted murder will not hold for the simple reason the charge requires the necessary mental intent. The teacher does not appear to have had the mental intent at the time the offence was committed because of the mental abnormality of his mind. Perhaps, a hospital order would be a more fitting disposal of this case?
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Well, you know how it is. It makes a change from the other way about. Everyone snaps sometime. :)
ReplyDeleteI believe this teacher had had a stroke a few months before. Strokes cause brain damage.
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