Overview

• Carolyn Siddall described confronting the knife-wielding pupil seconds after the fatal courtyard stabbing and initiating the school lockdown and medical call.
• Assistant headteacher Morgan Davis retrieved the weapon and headteacher Sean Pender escorted the defendant to his office, where he admitted “I’ve stabbed him.”
• In video testimony, Sean Pender recounted the pupil telling him “my mum doesn’t look after me right” without asking about Harvey’s condition.
• Jurors are reviewing CCTV footage of the stabbing, staff interviews and forensic reports as they consider whether the boy’s actions constituted murder or manslaughter.
• Defense counsel maintains the act was a loss of control after prolonged bullying rather than an intent to kill, leaving jurors to weigh mitigating circumstances.