Harvey Willgoose: Chilling moment killer Mohammed Umar Khan enters school
Mohammed Umar Khan, 15, has been sentenced for life with a minimum term of 16 years for the murder of teenager Harvey Willgoose at All Saints Catholic High school in Sheffield
Chilling footage shows the moment killer Mohammed Umar Khan entered school before using a hunting knife to murder 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose.
The shocking video showed Khan appearing calm as he entered All Saints Catholic School in Sheffield in February.
Wearing his coat, Khan walked around the building until he had a confrontation while other pupils were around. The 15-year-old then attempted to provoke Harvey, who appeared to remain calm. He was also seen holding the knife in the school canteen before the stabbing.
Khan, who can now be named after the judge lifted reporting restrictions, stabbed Harvey twice in the chest with the 13cm blade during lunch break.
He previously admitted to manslaughter, although he denied murder. He was found guilty by a jury with a majority verdict of 11 to one.
Khan was detained at Sheffield Crown Court and sentenced to a minimum term of 16 years today for the murder of Harvey at their school. Judge Mrs Justice Ellenbogen told the court Khan attacked Harvey because of “the hurt and anger at what you considered to be his betrayal of your friendship."
She added she did not accept that Khan acted in self defence or out of fear of violence. The judge said she accepted that Harvey may have made some provocative remarks but these were “not at a level which indicated to you that Harvey posed any real threat at that time, or provides any mitigation for what followed”.
Khan showed no reaction as he stood in the dock for his sentencing. The intermediary who helped him through the trial and Wednesday’s hearing wrote some notes on a pad for him to read.
Harvey Willgoose’s parents, Mark and Caroline, looked down on the 15-year-old from the public gallery where the defendant’s family were also sitting.
Mrs Justice Ellenbogen said she was “sure” Mohammed Umar Khan had decided he would use the knife on Harvey Willgoose “should the need… arise”.
The judge said: “The prosecution does not suggest that you came to school that morning intending to kill or cause serious injury to Harvey.
“But that is not to say that you acted on the spur of the moment when you were in the courtyard.
“On the evidence given by a number of witnesses… I am sure that by the time of the science lesson on February 3, you had decided that should the need – as you saw it – arise, you would use your knife on Harvey: a knife which, in your words, you had bought because it was ‘scary’.
“Your history of carrying weapons, including on school grounds, the fact that your offence took place on school premises, and the fact that numerous pupils and teachers were present at the time, are all aggravating factors in this case.”