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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Emily Pennink

Youth guilty of murdering 16-year-old in knife attack at New Year’s Eve fireworks

Harry Pitman (Metropolitan Police/PA) - (PA Media)

A teenager has been found guilty of fatally stabbing a 16-year-old boy in the neck as high jinks turned to tragedy at a New Year’s Eve fireworks event.

“Lively and boisterous” Harry Pitman had been playfighting before he was attacked by Areece Lloyd-Hall on Primrose Hill, north London, on December 31 2023.

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