Overview

• Prosecutor Jocelyn Ledward KC told the court that Harry Pitman was stabbed once in the neck on December 31, 2023, and died almost immediately.
• Areece Lloyd‑Hall, now 18, denies murder and an alternative manslaughter charge in the Old Bailey retrial.
• The court was shown mobile‑phone clips depicting a fast 20‑second confrontation in which a knife glinted and a sheath flew off as a voice shouted “mindi.”
• Prosecutors said the clash followed Harry accidentally bumping another boy during play‑fighting, and that Harry and the defendant were strangers.
• After the stabbing, police and paramedics gave first aid but the bleeding proved fatal, and jurors were told the defence will argue the blade was thought to be sheathed and that he acted in self‑defence; the hearing was adjourned until Wednesday.