After a knife was found in her school bag in September 2023, the defendant told the jury her father would check her school bag every day, and so she would put a knife "in [her] pocket instead". She told the jury she did not like Ms Elias, and said she was "rude" towards her teacher, but never intended to harm her.

The girl, who cannot be named due to her age, admits the triple stabbing but denies attempted murder on 24 April 2024. The girl told another student she would "do something stupid which could get [her] expelled" on the morning of the attack,