Death of Harvey Willgoose ‘no less tragic’ if teen cleared of murder, jury told

Police officers and floral tributes outside All Saints Catholic High School, on Granville Road in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, after 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose died following a stabbing incident at the school (Jacob King/PA) - (PA Wire)

The death of 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose is not “any less tragic or pointless” if the boy who stabbed him is cleared of murder, a jury has been told.

A teenager, also 15, has admitted the manslaughter of Harvey at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield in February, but denies his murder.