A teenager who murdered Leeds school teacher Ann Maguire in front of other pupils showed no emotion as he was handed a minimum of 20 years' detention.
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named, had a "deep-seated and irrational hatred" for his Spanish teacher at Corpus Christi College in Leeds.
Ahead of the killing in April he had also planned to murder two other teachers, including one who was pregnant.
He had previously accepted responsibility for unlawful killing but this morning issued a formal guilty plea to the murder charge at Leeds Crown Court.
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Gallery: Tributes To Leeds Teacher After Her Death In April
Pupils, staff and members of the public paid tribute to Spanish teacher Ann Maguire, 61, who was fatally stabbed at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds.
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This message reads: 'R.I.P Mrs Maguire. A wonderful teacher and lady! You will be dearly missed.'
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'Miss Maguire. Such happy memories of you as my teacher and head of year in year 11. I am so pleased I got to be head girl during the time you wear head of year 11.'
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'Mrs Maguire. Such a tragedy and so sad to lose you. You taught me more than 20 years ago. You taught my children too. You will be missed by many and more.'
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'Mrs Maguire. Thank you for everything you did for me, I'll never forget it! You were a true inspiration among the whole of the school community! I hope one day I touch as many hearts as you did.'
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'Your presence we will miss, your memories we will treasure, Mrs Maguire we love you and will think of you forever. All my love to you, your family and friends.'
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'Mrs Maguire you were a wonderful teacher, you will be sadly missed. Lots of love.'
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'Mrs Maguire, RIP. A lovely woman, always had a smile and was a wonderful teacher. A pleasure to have known you.'
Two months before the murder, the boy sent a message on Facebook which said of Mrs Maguire: "The one absolute f****** bitch that deserves more than death, more than pain and more than anything that we can understand."
He even showed some other pupils the 21cm knife he planned to attack Mrs Maguire with on the day of the murder but "many did not take him seriously", the court heard.
Prosecutor Paul Greaney QC said the teenager stabbed Mrs Maguire seven times in the neck and back as she leaned over a desk to look at another pupil's work.
When she tried to run away, he chased her.
Another teacher saw Mrs Maguire running down a corridor, saying: "He's stabbed me in the neck", with the boy pursuing her. The female teacher pushed her colleague into a workroom and then blocked the door to prevent the boy getting in.
The teacher said that, as Mrs Maguire lay injured, she spoke about her children and the fact that she was loved. A paramedic who tried to save her said later that the stab wounds were the worst he had ever seen.
Meanwhile, the boy went back to the classroom and sat down "as if nothing had happened", Mr Greaney said
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Gallery: School Community Mourns Teacher
Schoolchildren arrive at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Neville Road, Leeds, a day after a teacher was stabbed to death.
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A 15-year-old male student has been arrested in connection with the death of Ann Maguire, who was stabbed during class.
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A school staff member grieves outside the school gates.
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A post-mortem has found that Mrs Maguire died from multiple stab wounds.
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People comfort each other outside the school.
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Monsignor Paul Fisher conducts a mass at Corpus Christi Catholic Church for people to pray and pay their respects to Mrs Maguire. Click through for more images...
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Flowers and a picture of Mrs Maguire, who taught Spanish.
Mr Greaney said that the boy's parents are "decent and responsible" and at a loss to understand what has happened but that the boy was currently "highly dangerous and has psychopathic elements to his personality".
"That his anger and hatred in fact became focused upon a person as decent and loved as Ann Maguire only makes this more tragic," he added.
Mrs Maguire's husband Don said the "callous cruelty" of the murder "defied comprehension", adding: "Now all dreams have gone forever - the centre of our lives is missing." Her daughter Kerry said the murder "has stripped me of my key support in life: my mummy".
The judge said the boy showed a "total and chilling lack of remorse", adding that the teenager's pride in what he did and lack of remorse was "truly grotesque".
He said that the public killing would leave many "traumatised forever" and showed a level of violence which was "savage and cowardly".
But he paid tribute to the boy's parents, who sat in court, and to the "calm dignity" of Mrs Maguire's family.
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