Overview

• Jurors watched a pupil describe how students locked themselves in a detention-room storage cupboard after hearing screams that “someone’s been stabbed, there’s blood all over.”
• CCTV shown earlier in the trial captured the defendant squaring up to Harvey Willgoose, producing a knife and lunging at him twice, inflicting the fatal heart wound.
• A friend testified that the defendant habitually concealed weapons on school premises, including a small axe found in his gym bag in December and various knives hidden in his trousers.
• The defendant has admitted manslaughter by loss of control and possession of a knife on school grounds but denies a murder charge, arguing sustained bullying provoked his actions.
• The trial at Sheffield Crown Court continues as jurors assess witness interviews, CCTV evidence and legal arguments over long-term bullying and school security.