Teen Jailed for Life After Hammer Attack

A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 12 years for attacking two students and a teacher with hammers at Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, claimed he was sleepwalking during the attack, which he said was motivated by a belief in a zombie apocalypse. Despite his claims, he was found guilty of three counts of attempted murder by a jury at Exeter Crown Court. The attack left the two students with severe injuries, including skull fractures and internal bleeding, and the housemaster, Henry Roffe-Silvester, with serious head injuries. The court heard evidence of the boy's obsessions with hammers, killing, and a specific fixation on one of the boys he attacked. The victims are reportedly dealing with long-term consequences of the attack, though they have no memory of the incident.