A 15-year-old boy accused of murdering a fellow pupil told a jury he posed with weapons in photographs to warn people to “stay away from him and don’t cause a problem”. The teenager is on trial at Sheffield Crown Court for the murder of Harvey Willgoose, also 15, at All Saints Catholic High School in February.<\/p>\n
Police found images on the defendant’s mobile phone showing him posing with a knife, an axe and a hammer. The boy told the court he bought the axe at All Saints school from another pupil.<\/p>\n
Weapons used as deterrent<\/p>\n
When asked by his barrister Gul Nawaz Hussain KC why he made these images, the boy explained: “They see the pictures, they’re going to think ‘I’ll stay away from him, don’t cause a problem with him’.” He said he did not want to have trouble with anyone but wanted people who might cause problems for him to be scared.<\/p>\n
The defendant told jurors he decided to carry a knife because older teenagers from a previous school had threatened him. He said he knew they carried knives and explained: “If they pulled a knife out, I could pull a knife out.”<\/p>\n
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