LONDON鈥揂 16-year-old schoolboy was jailed for at least 20 years on Monday for stabbing a teacher to death in front of her class in a murder that shocked Britain.
Will Cornick was 15 when he stabbed popular teacher Ann Maguire seven times with a kitchen knife as she taught a Spanish class at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds, northern England, in April.
After attacking her, he sat back down at his desk and said: 鈥淕ood times鈥� as his horrified classmates looked on, prosecutor Paul Greaney told Leeds Crown Court.
Cornick had previously spoken of his deep hatred of Maguire, a 61-year-old who had been due to retire within months.
Judge Peter Coulson told Leeds Crown Court that the boy鈥檚 pride in his actions and lack of remorse were 鈥渢ruly grotesque.鈥�
Coulson jailed him for life, with a minimum of 20 years to be spent behind bars before he can be considered for release on license. But he added that 鈥渋t鈥檚 quite possible that day may never come.鈥�
Cornick, who pleaded guilty to murder, had spoken of wanting to attack other teachers including a pregnant woman 鈥渟o as to kill her unborn child.鈥�
His identity was initially kept secret due to a court order, which was lifted on Monday.
Cornick was described by fellow pupils and teachers as an academic high achiever from a middle-class family and a quiet loner.
His parents are 鈥渁t a loss to understand鈥� what their son did, Greaney said.
In a victim impact statement read to the court, Maguire鈥檚 husband, Don, spoke of the loss of his 鈥渂eautiful, vivacious, generous, caring鈥� wife.
鈥淚鈥檓 still a dad but cannot help my children understand, cannot help them come to terms, cannot help them lessen the pain鈥 can no longer be a dad,鈥� he said.