Which is worse: calling someone a name or poisoning them?

It’s name-calling, according to High Court Judge Roger ter Haar QC.
Teacher Shaaira Alexis was poisoned with whiteboard cleaning fluid by one of her pupils, named only as Faye, after the teacher called her a ‘white prostitute’ for putting make-up on in class.
Miss Alexis’s claim for £700,000 is clearly ludicrous and she does look very scary [...]