US EditionPupils locked themselves in cupboard after stabbing
SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, JUL 4 – The defendant admitted manslaughter and possession of a knife, citing threats from older teens; pupils barricaded themselves for safety during the incident, court heard.
- On February 3, Harvey Willgoose was stabbed in the heart in the school courtyard, a fact confirmed after jurors viewed CCTV footage.
- Witnesses said Harvey and the defendant had been pushing each other at break time, defence counsel Gul Nawaz Hussain KC added that actions stemmed from `a long period of bullying, poor treatment and violence`.
- Amid screams, students ran into a storage cupboard, locked and barricaded the door, and a girl said `People were running, screaming everywhere`.
- At Sheffield Crown Court on Friday, the defendant admitted manslaughter and knife possession but denies murder, and jurors watched a pre-recorded police interview.
- Amid community concern, a prior dispute five days earlier prompted a school lockdown, and the organiser of a Sheffield anti-knife crime march said `city has come together`.
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