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Dave Higgens

Harvey Willgoose mother says son’s murderer needs to be ‘made an example of’

Harvey Willgoose was stabbed through the heart at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield (Handout/PA) - (PA Media)

The mother of Harvey Willgoose has said she feels sorry for the teenager who stabbed her son to death at their school, saying she believes he was “let down”, like her son.

But Caroline Willgoose said she also believes the 15-year-old – who was found guilty last week of murdering Harvey, also 15, with a hunting knife at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield – needs to be “made an example of” when he is sentenced in October.

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