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Woman pleads guilty to threatening person with blade at Birmingham primary school

Capri Anderson, 21, from Shard End, appeared at Birmingham Crown Court and pleaded guilty to threatening a person with a blade on school premises at Brownmead Primary Academy

Need to know: Woman pleads guilty to knife threat at Birmingham school

• A 21-year-old woman is facing jail after pleading guilty to threatening someone with a knife at a Birmingham primary school.
• Capri Anderson from Shard End admitted threatening a person with a blade at Brownmead Primary Academy on February 10. The incident happened outside the school and pupils were undisturbed.
• Anderson appeared at Birmingham Crown Court via video link from HMP Foston Hall, where she has been in custody for four months. The victim was an adult, not a pupil at the school.
• Her defence lawyer said the offence was "more a question of a crisis situation" rather than planned criminality. The court heard Anderson has mental health difficulties.
• District Judge Adrian Lower ordered pre-sentence and psychiatric reports ahead of sentencing on August 19. He told Anderson: "Not excluding the possibility you could be sent to prison as a result of your guilty plea."
• Headteacher Wendy Carter said staff contacted police who "arrived within minutes to deal with the situation" and children were "wholly undisturbed throughout."
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