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A 23-year-old woman has been given a payment of £20,000 after taking legal action over bullying at her south Wales primary school more than 12 years ago.

Sophie Amor was given the out-of-court settlement after suing Torfaen Council for seven years of victimisation which she said destroyed her life.

Ms Amor attended St Peter’s Church in Wales School in Blaenavon and said she was bullied from the age of four to 11.

The council agreed a settlement but stressed that it denied liability.

Ms Amor, an art graduate, said she was bullied, taunted about her weight, spat at, and subjected to violence - once requiring stitches around her eye after being pushed to the floor.

“I used to dread going in every day,” she said.

“I wanted to fade into the background but it felt as though everyone was staring at me - jeering and laughing, pointing at me.

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