Schoolboy who bludgeoned sleeping students and a teacher with hammers at his boarding school was sleepwalking, court hears

The 16-year-old was wearing just his boxers when he attacked his “friends and dormmates” and the housemaster

A teenager has gone on trial accused of attempting to murder two boys and a housemaster at Blundell’s School in Devon (R-Jay/Alamy/PA)

Rod Minchin
© UK Independent

A public schoolboy who bludgeoned two sleeping students and a teacher with hammers at a boarding school was sleepwalking at the time, a court has heard.

The 16-year-old was wearing just his boxer shorts when he attacked the two boys and the housemaster at Blundell’s School in Tiverton, Devon.