A schoolboy who stabbed fellow Sheffield student Harvey Willgoose to death on their lunch break has been found guilty of murder.

Willgoose, 15, was stabbed in the heart by a hunting knife that another 15-year-old boy brought into school.

Sheffield Crown Court heard how other pupils fled "in fear and panic", with some locking themselves in a school cupboard.

The attack occurred at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield on February 3.

The defendant, who cannot be named because of his age, admitted to manslaughter but denied murder, saying he "snapped" after a long period of bullying.

However, prosecutors said he "knew exactly what he was doing" and "wanted to show he was hard".

Reading a family statement outside court, Harvey's sister Sophie Willgoose said: "On February 3, we did not just lose Harvey, we lost a part of ourselves.

"Harvey was full of life, warm, funny and caring with a unique ability to bring people together. He was deeply loved by his family, cherished by his friends, and respected by all who knew him.”

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Willgoose died after being stabbed in the heart with a hunting knife