A man murdered his own sister just a week after his teenage son was jailed for life for the murder of a schoolboy, it's been revealed. Roger Harriott, 55, stabbed his sister Sandra Harriott, a 'bubbly' 56-year-old, at her home in Fartown, West Yorkshire, last week.
On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court to murdering Sandra in an horrific attack on May 26. She is fondly remembered by her many friends as a much-loved and highly respected member of Netherall Learning Campus High School's Inclusion and Student Support team in Rawthorpe. He will be sentenced on July 3.
Harriott, 55, is the father of 17-year-old Jovani Harriott, who was unmasked as one of the young killers of Huddersfield schoolboy Khayri Mclean just two weeks ago as he was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 18 years.
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A judge lifted reporting restrictions prohibiting identification of Jovani Harriott and Jakele Pusey, 15, who murdered Khayri as he walked home from North Huddersfield Trust School in September 2022.
The teenagers 'lay in wait' for Khayri as he walked home from school, with 15-year-old Pusey shouting "Yo Khayri" before delivering a fatal blow to his chest, reports Yorkshire Live.
Teenager Harriott was seen on CCTV "twisting in the air" before lunging at Khayri with a large knife and stabbing him in the leg. Both teenagers ran from the scene and changed their clothes while 15-year-old Khayri collapsed and received medical attention. He was taken to hospital but tragically died.
Pusey pleaded guilty to murder and Harriott was found guilty by a jury after trial. Pusey was handed a minimum term of 18 years.
In a powerful statement, Khayri's mum Charlie Mclean said her son, a Manchester Utd fan who wanted to be an engineer, had been helpless at the time of the attack. She said: "The fear he went through when he realised he'd been stabbed and was bleeding to death will stay with me forever.
"I never got to say goodbye. I am living a nightmare. I can hardly function and I have changed as a person. When I wake up, on the occasions I've managed to sleep, it hits me like a tonne of bricks again and again. I am in tears on a daily basis."
She said she asks herself what has been achieved by her son's death, adding: "What has my son died for? Nobody has won in this situation. I have lost a child and other parents have lost two sons. This violence has to stop, carrying weapons has to stop. I’ve lost my son. I would not wish this upon anyone else."
Roger Harriott was also convicted in October 2013 of running a brothel opposite the Slubbers Arms, Hillhouse, and was ordered to pay back £55,000 of his ill-gotten gains.
He was found guilty by a jury at Leeds Crown Court the previous year of operating Harmony's in Willow Lane, for prostitution. He was given a suspended jail sentence and ordered to do 300 hours unpaid work.
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