A PUBLIC schoolboy is still awaiting a possible prison sentence following an attack on a fellow student.
James Slade, 18, admitted causing grievous bodily harm to Lloyd Pickering, also 18, on their final night at Durham School.
The pair, who had just completed A levels, had been enjoying an end-of-term barbecue at the £14,000-a-year school when Slade attacked Mr Pickering in a corridor, on July 6.
Mr Pickering suffered a ruptured spleen, which had to be removed in emergency surgery at the University Hospital of North Durham.
As a result of the attack, he will have to take medication every day for the rest of his life.
Slade, who was a boarder at the 335-pupil school, gained three grade Bs in his A levels, and was planning a career as an officer in the Army.
Yesterday, Chester-le-Street magistrates adjourned the case until November 4.
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