Teacher 'tried to kill pupil, 14, with iron weight'

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:21 AM EDT

Article Source: The Sun Newspaper Online

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TERRIFIED children ran from their classroom as teacher Peter Harvey went wild and shouted that "people are going to die", it was claimed last night.

Pupils told how panic erupted after the science master lashed out clutching a 2kg weight used in experiments — almost killing Jack Waterhouse, 14, and injuring two friends.

And they described how popular Mr Harvey had turned into a "ticking timebomb" after suffering a stroke brought on by stress.