Updates as boy who murdered Harvey Willgoose in Sheffield school stabbing is named
We will be bringing you live updates from Sheffield Crown Court, as the boy who murdered Harvey Willgoose in a Sheffield school stabbing earlier this year is sentenced.
After months of waiting, and a five-week trial, Harvey’s family will today (Wednesday, October 22, 2025) learn what sentence is passed down to the teenage boy responsible for his death.
They are expected to be present as the boy - who currently, cannot be named - is sentenced by the judge, Mrs Justice Ellenbogen DBE, from 10am.
She is required to pass a sentence of life imprisonment, the punishment ordered by Parliament for all individuals convicted of murder, but we will today learn the minimum term he will be forced to serve behind bars.
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Mrs Justice Ellenbogen is also set to decide whether The Star’s application to lift the reporting restriction, allowing the press and the public to name the boy, should be granted during the hearing.
The jury found the boy guilty of Harvey’s murder on August 8, 2025, following a five-week Sheffield Crown Court trial.
Both the defendant and Harvey were pupils at All Saints School at the time of the fatal attack.
Harvey was stabbed in the heart during an incident in the courtyard of All Saints Catholic High School on Granville Road, Sheffield a few minutes into the lunch break on Monday, February 3, 2025. He collapsed less than a minute later, and died a short time after that.