A 14-year-old boy who stabbed a supply teacher in a racially-motivated attack has been given an 11-year extended sentence at Bradford Crown Court.

Supply teacher Vincent Uzomah thought he was going to die after he was stabbed by the boy in the classroom at Dixons Kings Academy, the court heard.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, used an offensive racist term before stabbing Mr Uzomah, 50,  in the stomach.

He then fled the school, in Lidget Green, Bradford, before boasting about what he had done on Facebook, the court was told.

Jonathan Sharp, prosecuting, said the boy was described by others as "disruptive and a bully" and had taken a dislike to Mr Uzomah in the seven weeks he had worked at the school.

Mr Sharp said: "He did not show any especial hostility to other teachers. Mr Uzomah, however, is black.

"The defendant disliked him, claiming he couldn't teach, and freely referred to him by the epithet beginning with the letter n, including saying it in anger just before he attacked him.

"The Crown's case in consequence is that the attack was, at least in part, racially motivated."

Mr Sharp said the boy told a friend the previous day that he was planning to stab a teacher and took a knife with a "substantial blade" into school on June 11, discussing his plans with other pupils.

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He stabbed Mr Uzomah after a row over his mobile phone, the court was told.

Mr Sharp said the boy, who is of Asian origin, was described by witnesses as "getting angry, red in the face and putting his head down and muttering the words bastard and n*****".

He said: "He approached Mr Uzomah and reached into his pocket but at that point he took out the knife and stabbed Mr Uzomah in the stomach."

He added: "Mr Uzomah thought he was going to die."

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About 20 minutes after the attack, jurors heard, the boy posted a message on Facebook which read: "The motherf***** getin funny so I stick the blade straight in his tummy."

Mr Sharp told the court the post received at least 69 "likes".

The 11-year sentence is made up of six years in detention with a five-year extended licence period.

Judge Durham Hall condemned the boy's Facebook post and those who liked it as "sick".

He said: "It's an appalling reflection on a small microcosm of our society that within minutes or hours after posting, 69 people 'liked'. How sick."

The teenager sat in the dock wearing a grey shirt and jeans. He yawned and folded his arms as the judge passed sentence.

Judge Durham Hall told him: "You went to your school armed with a knife with a significant blade intending, when the opportunity presented, to stab your teacher Vincent Uzomah.

"You boasted about it before, you boasted about it after when you had stabbed him."

He told the boy he "stabbed him deliberately then gloated in the presence of your classmates".

The judge continued: "What you did to Vincent Uzomah was of such shocking seriousness that this man sitting in court, a God-fearing gentleman, first of all thought he was going to die.

"You have, by your actions, changed his life."

Judge Durham Hall said he rejected the boy's explanation to psychiatrists that he stabbed Mr Uzomah because he was hearing voices.

He said Mr Uzomah had to tell the teenager off from time to time because he was disruptive.

"Suggestions you were calling him a n****r and the inference I must draw is that was a factor. You could not tolerate being told off by this gentleman of this background," he said.

As he passed sentence, the judge told the boy: "You are a dangerous young offender."

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After the sentencing hearing, Mr Uzomah, read out a prepared statement in which he said: "As a Christian, I have forgiven this boy who inflicted this pain and trauma on myself and my family."

But Mr Uzomah said it was important that the law had run its course and sent out a strong message that violence is never acceptable.

"Our prayer for him is that he will make use of the opportunities and support that will be provided to him to become a changed person who will make positive contribution to the society," said Mr Uzomah.

He added that, while such acts were never acceptable, he prayed for the youth to take the opportunity of the support provided to him to become a person who could make a contribution to society.

He also thanked all those who supported him and his family throughout his ordeal.

The police officer who led the investigation, Detective Superintendent Simon Atkinson, described it as a shocking and very serious attack on a man doing a job he loved.

Det Supt Atkinson said it was very lucky that the consequences were not more serious.

He said: "Mr Uzomah's attacker showed no concern by fleeing the scene, which led to a significant policing operation to locate him.

"He worryingly showed a further lack of remorse towards his victim by boasting about his actions on social media.

"I would like to pay tribute to the victim, Mr Uzomah, who, despite everything that happened, has been incredibly magnanimous towards his attacker.

"I hope that today's sentence will give him and his family some closure and allow them to move forward with their lives.

"Such violent attacks on teaching staff in West Yorkshire are thankfully rare, and police will continue to work closely with schools to ensure they remain safe places for pupils and staff."

Jonathan Sharp, of the Crown prosecution Service, said: "This was a truly shocking incident: a pre-planned attack by a 14-year-old youth on his teacher, in front of the rest of the class.

“Mr Uzomah was stabbed deeply in the stomach, with a knife that the youth had brought into the school specifically for that purpose. It also seems that the attack was at least in part, racially motivated – the youth used a highly offensive racist word just before stabbing his teacher.

“The victim has suffered serious physical and psychological injuries, has had to put his career plans on hold and is uncertain when, or if, he will feel able to return to teaching – a profession he loved.

“It was also profoundly distressing to Mr Uzomah - and shocking– that the youth posted a Facebook update boasting of what he had done. This subsequently received 69 ‘likes’ from the youth's circle of acquaintances.

“In the circumstances it is remarkable that Mr Uzomah has expressed his desire to forgive the victim, whilst wishing to see justice done as a deterrent to others. I hope that the sentence passed today gives Mr Uzomah and his family some comfort. Our thoughts remain with them.”