Overview

• Siddall testified that the defendant held a knife visibly and rebuffed repeated commands to drop it, claiming he “wasn’t going to hurt anyone.”
• She said colleague Rachel Hobkirk joined in the confrontation before senior staff intervened to disarm the student.
• Siddall recounted calling for an ambulance immediately after seeing Harvey Willgoose lying wounded in a blood-stained courtyard.
• Jurors viewed CCTV footage showing the lunchtime stabbing that killed 15-year-old Willgoose on February 3.
• The 15-year-old has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and knife possession while denying murder, with his lawyers arguing the attack was the result of prolonged bullying.