Boy, 17, denies three charges of attempted murder at Devon boarding school

Exeter crown court hears how boy, then 16, attacked two fellow pupils and a staff member with a hammer

A 16-year-old boy attempted to murder two fellow pupils at a private school as they slept in their boarding-house beds by hitting them repeatedly with a claw hammer, a jury has heard.

The boy, who cannot be named, had “fermented” a plan to kill the pair, who were 16 and 15 at the time, the jury at Exeter crown court was told.