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-01 Nov 2024, 11:00 PM
Thomas Huang, 17, was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 12 years, on three counts of attempted murder
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian teenager Thomas Huang has been named as the schoolboy jailed for life after attacking two students and a teacher with a hammer at a UK boarding school last year.
Huang, 17, was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 12 years, after he was found guilty of three counts of attempted murder by the Exeter crown court on Oct 18.
A judge lifted an order preventing his identification today, the BBC reported.
Huang had claimed he was sleepwalking in the early hours of June 9 last year, when he attacked two roommates at Blundell’s School in Devon as they slept, causing severe injuries.
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He also attacked housemaster Henry Roffe-Silvester, who suffered six wounds to his head.
The court heard Huang had an “unhealthy interest in violence and violent films” and used weapons he had collected to prepare for a “zombie apocalypse”.
The prosecution said Huang waited until his two roommates, who were 15 and 16 at the time, were asleep to initiate the assault.
The victims endured severe injuries, including skull fractures, a punctured lung, and internal bleeding, and the court noted that both now face “long-term consequences” from the event.
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Life term for Malaysian boy in hammer attack at UK boarding school
FMT Reporters-01 Nov 2024, 11:00 PM
Thomas Huang, 17, used weapons he had collected to prepare for a ‘zombie apocalypse’, the Exeter crown court was told.
Thomas Huang, 17, was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 12 years, on three counts of attempted murder
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian teenager Thomas Huang has been named as the schoolboy jailed for life after attacking two students and a teacher with a hammer at a UK boarding school last year.
Huang, 17, was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 12 years, after he was found guilty of three counts of attempted murder by the Exeter crown court on Oct 18.
A judge lifted an order preventing his identification today, the BBC reported.
Huang had claimed he was sleepwalking in the early hours of June 9 last year, when he attacked two roommates at Blundell’s School in Devon as they slept, causing severe injuries.
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He also attacked housemaster Henry Roffe-Silvester, who suffered six wounds to his head.
The court heard Huang had an “unhealthy interest in violence and violent films” and used weapons he had collected to prepare for a “zombie apocalypse”.
The prosecution said Huang waited until his two roommates, who were 15 and 16 at the time, were asleep to initiate the assault.
The victims endured severe injuries, including skull fractures, a punctured lung, and internal bleeding, and the court noted that both now face “long-term consequences” from the event.