"Stewart says in his witness statement that he attacked Zahid in order to get 'shipped out' of Feltham, an establishment which he clearly disliked intensely, intending to injure but not to kill him, " said Mr Giffin.
Nigel Giffin QC added that "such a failure to maintain standards from year to year would rightly cause a loss of confidence in the worth of the qualification, and it would be grossly unfair to those who took their GCSEs in previous years".