'Compromised' jury discharged in trial of girl accused of attempted murders at school
The jury has been discharged in the trial of a girl accused of attempting to murder two teachers and a pupil at a school in Wales.
Teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin and a student were treated in hospital after police were called to reports of a stabbing at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, on 24 April.
The girl denies three counts of attempted murder and had stood trial at Swansea Crown Court.
On Wednesday morning, the judge discharged the jury and said there had been a "great irregularity" within it which had "irretrievably compromised" its ability to consider the matter.
He said he was discharging the jury with the "greatest of possible reluctance".
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, sat in court throughout the six-day trial.
She will face a fresh trial in the new year.
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Discharging the jury, Judge Paul Thomas thanked the jurors for their participation in the trial and apologised for them being discharged.
The judge set a date for a re-trial on 27 January.