Mum of stabbed schoolboy urges caution over knives

The parent of a 15-year-old lad who was stabbed to decease astatine a schoolhouse successful Sheffield has urged anyone carrying knives to "imagine the devastation" they tin cause.

Harvey Willgoose died aft being stabbed doubly successful the thorax with a weapon astatine All Saints Catholic High School connected Monday afternoon.

A 15-year-old boy, who cannot beryllium named due to the fact that of his age, appeared successful tribunal connected Wednesday greeting charged with murder, possession of a bladed nonfiction and affray.

Speaking connected Wednesday afternoon, Harvey's mum Caroline said: "I don't privation anybody to spell done what we are going through."

She added: "Just deliberation if it was your brother, sister, dad, mum. Can you ideate the devastation if you mislaid idiosyncratic done that?"

Mrs Willgoose described her lad arsenic "the beingness and psyche of the party" and "a joyousness to beryllium around".

"He loved football, shot was his life. He was going to beryllium an histrion astatine 1 point, I deliberation helium would person been bully astatine it."

She said Harvey's last words to her earlier helium near the household location to spell to schoolhouse connected Monday were "I emotion you".

"I person got his grubby t-shirt connected truthful I tin odor him," she added.

"I don't privation to spell to slumber due to the fact that I don't privation to aftermath up and person to relive it each and retrieve it."

Harvey's father, Mark, said his lad was his "best pal" and described him arsenic a "loveable rogue".

"We request to larn from this truthful no-one goes done what we person arsenic a family," helium said.

Mrs Willgoose thanked Harvey's friends and household for their "amazing" support, adding: "That's what's keeping america going".

"It's conscionable unbelievable what radical are doing."

Tributes to Sheffield United instrumentality Harvey person been near extracurricular Bramall Lane stadium and astatine his school, successful Granville Road.

A wide work volition besides instrumentality spot for him astatine St Joseph's Catholic Church successful Handsworth connected Saturday.

After the 15-year-old fishy was charged, Chris Hartley from the Crown Prosecution Service, said it was "extremely important" determination should beryllium nary reporting, commentary oregon sharing of accusation online which could successful immoderate mode prejudice proceedings.

"The Crown Prosecution Service reminds each acrophobic that transgression proceedings against this suspect are progressive and that the younker has a close to a just trial."

Caroline said: "We privation justness for Harvey, we privation to bash it right. We don't privation immoderate obstacles, we privation to get the champion result for Harvey."

The 15-year-old, who has been remanded into younker detention, is owed to look astatine Sheffield Crown Court connected Thursday.

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