Overview
- Areece Lloyd-Hall, 18, was sentenced at the Old Bailey after a retrial that returned an 11–1 guilty verdict for murder.
- Harry Pitman, 16, was stabbed in the neck on December 31, 2023 at Primrose Hill following a brief scuffle that began during play-fighting.
- Mobile phone and police body-worn camera footage showed the knife being produced and the aftermath, and a scabbard bearing Lloyd-Hall’s DNA was found at the scene.
- The defence argued he struck with a sheath and raised cannabis-induced paranoia and possible PTSD, but the jury rejected lack-of-intent claims.
- Harry’s sister delivered a tribute in court, and records show Lloyd-Hall later went to Hammersmith police station with his father following a media appeal.