Schoolchildren plot to murder their teacher

A GROUP of American primary school children made detailed plans to murder their teacher after she told one of them off.

The nine children, aged eight to 10, apparently intended to knock her unconscious with a glass paperweight, bind her with handcuffs and duct tape and then stab her with a broken steak knife.

The third-graders at Center Elementary School in Waycross, south Georgia, were angry because she had scolded one of them for standing on a chair, said police chief Tony Tanner.