Overview

• Jurors watched CCTV of the defendant punching, pushing and stabbing 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose twice in a school courtyard at the start of the lunch break on February 3.
• In a recorded interview, a student described Harvey as “happy” and chatting with friends moments before he approached the defendant and was attacked.
• A fellow pupil testified that he urged the defendant to hand over the knife “before you do something stupid,” but the plea went unheeded.
• Another witness recounted seeing Harvey lifeless and covered in blood and expressed fear that the defendant might harm others.
• The 15-year-old defendant has admitted manslaughter and knife possession but denies murder, with his defense attributing the attack to a loss of control after alleged long-term bullying.