The name of the teenager who carried out a school hammer attack has been revealed for the first time

A public school student who attacked two sleeping students and a teacher at a boarding school with hammers can now call himself 17-year-old Thomas Wei Huang.

He was publicly identified after a High Court judge quashed an order preventing him from being named at the request of the PA news agency.

Huang, who is from Malaysia, was jailed for life last month after being convicted of three counts of attempted murder following an incident at Blundell’s School in Devon last year.

The teenager, who was 16 at the time, was only wearing boxer shorts and was using collected weapons to prepare for the zombie apocalypse.

A teenager pleaded guilty to assaulting two boys and the head of house at Blundell’s School in Tiverton, saying he was not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity caused by sleepwalking.

However, the jury rejected this and found him guilty at Exeter Crown Court of three counts of attempted murder.

At a hearing last month, Judge Justice Cutts found that experts were unable to determine how long the defendant would pose a danger to the public and imposed a life sentence with a minimum term of 12 years.

“You planned your crimes and used hammers you bought as weapons,” she said.

“You knew full well that if you hit the boys a few times with hammers, they would die.

“You are an intelligent boy and I am satisfied that you know the difference between right and wrong.

“In my opinion there is a significant risk that you may behave in this way again. I believe you pose a significant risk to society due to the nature of your crimes.”

Huang armed himself with three claw hammers and waited until the two boys were asleep before attacking them.

Two students were sleeping in cabin-like beds in one of the co-educational school’s dormitories when Huang climbed on top of them and attacked them just before 1 a.m. on June 9 last year.

House manager Henry Roffe-Silvester, who was sleeping in his own quarters, was awakened by noises coming from the boarding house and went to investigate.

When he entered the bedroom where the attack occurred, he saw a figure standing in the room, who then turned towards him and hit him repeatedly in the head with a hammer.

Another student heard Mr Roffe-Silvester shouting and swearing as he left his bedroom and called 999 – believing an intruder had arrived.

A few minutes later, the two boys were found in their beds.

They suffered skull fractures, rib injuries, spleen injuries, a punctured lung and internal bleeding.

The court heard they are both living with the “long-term consequences” of the attack but have no memory of the incident. One boy suffered permanent brain damage.

Roffe-Silvester suffered six blows to the head but made a full recovery.

At the sentencing hearing, Judge Cutts lifted a crime reporting restriction that prevented the teenager from being identified.

However, lawyers representing Huang said they wanted to appeal, and Judge Cutts ordered a stay on the ruling.

A court official has now confirmed that no appeal will be filed and the judge has lifted the suspension, allowing public identification for the first time.