Boy, 16, winked at fellow student before stabbing teacher Ann Maguire to death as she tried to flee On Monday, April 28, he went to Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds armed with several knives and taking with him a bottle of whisky to celebrate the murder, the court heard. Mr Greaney said the boy, whose anonymity is protected by a court order because of his age, told other pupils he was going to attack Mrs Maguire on the morning of the murder and showed them some of them the knives he had with him. He also told pupils he wanted to attack other teachers, including a pregnant woman "so as to kill her unborn child." The prosecutor said the boy left a room next to where Mrs Maguire was teaching and winked at a fellow student before going to attack her. There was no expression on his face as he stabbed her, one pupil said, according to the prosecutor. Mr Greaney said: "Mrs Maguire was at her desk helping pupils. She was leaning over, looking at the work of a girl called ----. The defendant approached his teacher and began to stab her in the neck and back. He attacked her from behind. Ann Maguire was 61 years of age, 5ft 2inches in height and of slim build. The defendant was a full foot taller and was armed with a large kitchen knife. To describe his attack as cowardly hardly does it justice. The prosecutor said Mrs Maguire fled but she was chased by the boy "stabbing her as she sought to escape." Mr Greaney said Mrs Maguire's friend and colleague Susan Francis heard screaming and rushed into the corridor where she found children "screaming in panic." He said Mrs Maguire ran towards he friend holding her neck and saying: "He's stabbed me in the neck." The defendant, he said, then came after her, "in effect chasing her." Mrs Francis pushed her friend into a work room and held her foot against the door to keep the boy out. Mr Greaney said: "She was able to see (the boy) through a glass panel in the door. His face was emotionless and he then walked away. He said: "The bravery and decency of Susan Francis during this period stand in the starkest contrast to the conduct of (the boy)." Mrs Maguire had been stabbed seven times to her upper back and neck, Mr Greaney said. The main wound was to her jugular vein. He said the paramedic who attended later said the stab wounds were the worst he had ever seen. The boy went back to the classroom and sat down "as if nothing had happened." Mr Greaney said: "He sat down beside ---- as if nothing had happened and said that he had stabbed Mrs Maguire. He added that it was a pity she was not dead. He said to the entire class 'good times' and spoke of an adrenalin rush. Mr Greaney said one girl remarked it was obvious "that he was pleased with what he had done." Mr Greaney outlined the psychiatric reports that had been prepared on the boy. He said: "In short, the defendant is currently highly dangerous and has psychopathic elements to his personality." He quoted the lead psychiatrist, saying: "There will be a problem in assessing him in the future, partly because of his intellectual abilities but mainly because, although he was hostile to those in authority, they were least able to detect anything that would herald this offence." The prosecutor added: "That his anger and hatred in fact became focused upon a person as decent and loved as Ann Maguire only makes this case the more tragic and goes to explain the outpouring of grief that there has been within the school and within the community." Mr Greaney said: "The murder was committed in public in front of many young people.