A SCHOOLBOY who stabbed a supply teacher in a racially-motivated attack has been deemed suitable for release. 

The decision was made following a Parole Board hearing which considered Yousef Khan’s case, who was just 14 when he attacked Vincent Uzomah at Dixons Kings Academy in June 2015.

The court heard the teenager, who could not be named at the time, used an offensive racist term before stabbing Mr Uzomah in the stomach, leaving the teacher fearing he was going to die.

The boy then fled the school, in Lidget Green, before boasting about what he had done on Facebook.

The court heard Khan, who is now 20, had told a friend the previous day that he was planning to stab a teacher and took a knife with a “substantial blade” into school, discussing his plans with other pupils.

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

He was handed an 11-year sentence, made up of six years in detention with a five-year extended licence period, and was due to be automatically released in June this year.

The Parole Board said in their summary that when Khan committed the crime he was living a “chaotic way of life” and did not have a suitable place to live.

They said: “He took drugs and was loyal to people who lived the same negative, criminal lifestyle, which included offending for financial gain and being willing to use violence, including using weapons, to get what they wanted. He had little education and therefore no prospects of a decent job.

"He did not cope well with life’s problems, struggled to manage his emotions, held grudges against those he believed had offended him and behaved impulsively, without thinking about the consequences of his actions.”

The Parole Board saw evidence regarding his progress and noted he had undertaken programmes to address his offending behaviour concerning his attitudes to the use of violence, and to improve his thinking skills.

The summary said he had also engaged with work to understand the impact of his offending.

While the Parole Board said professional witnesses differed in their recommendations concerning his suitability for release, he was said to have a motivation “to lead a law-abiding life” and that a plan provided was robust enough to manage Khan in the community.

He will have to comply with a number of requirements including living at a designated address. He will be subject to enhanced supervision, which includes being drug tested, and must abide by an exclusion zone.

A spokesperson for the Parole Board said: “We can confirm that a panel of the Parole Board directed the release of Yousef Khan in March following an oral hearing. 

“Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community. 

 "The panel carefully examined a whole range of evidence, including details of the original crime, and any evidence of behaviour change, as well as understood the harm done and impact the crime has had on the victims. 

 “Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority.”