Family of boy stabbed at school lead march in his memory

The household of a 15-year-old lad who was stabbed to decease astatine his schoolhouse successful Sheffield led a march done the metropolis to commemorate him.

Harvey Willgoose’s parents, Caroline and Mark Willgoose, held a banner arsenic they marched from Sheffield municipality hallway towards Sheffield United’s stadium successful Bramall Lane connected Saturday.

Their lad died connected Monday aft being stabbed astatine All Saints Catholic School successful Granville Road successful the city.

Hundreds of radical joined the march, which was held some to retrieve Harvey and to dispersed an anti-knife transgression message. Participants held banners which work “Lives not knives”.

People were asked to deterioration reddish and achromatic and immoderate took balloons successful the colour of Sheffield United’s kit.

Harvey was an avid protagonist of the nine and went to games with his friends.

Marchers chanted “Goose Army” and “There’s lone 1 Harvey Willgoose” successful representation of the fashionable teenager.

The march was supported by Sheffield anti-knife transgression foundation Always An Alternative.

In the fifteenth infinitesimal of the Championship lucifer against Portsmouth, fans clapped to commemorate Harvey, portion his representation was shown connected screens passim the stadium.

Football fans astatine West Bromwich’s stadium successful Birmingham paid tribute successful the aforesaid mode erstwhile the Albion faced Sheffield Wednesday connected Saturday.

Earlier, churches successful the metropolis held services to retrieve him.

A wide was held astatine St Joseph’s religion successful Handsworth, Sheffield.

Monsignor Desmond Sexton, the vicar wide of the Hallam diocese, said the wide for Harvey focused connected being with the family.

He told Sky News: “(It was about) supporting them ever and to retrieve that this is simply a young life, a beauteous life, that has present travel to a tragic end.

“Yet astatine the aforesaid time, ne'er to beryllium forgotten, ne'er to beryllium thought of successful the past, but ever with america successful the contiguous and the aboriginal successful our hearts and successful our minds.”

A boy, besides 15, accused of murdering Harvey, has been remanded into younker detention accommodation.

The defendant, who cannot beryllium named due to the fact that of his age, appeared astatine Sheffield Crown Court connected Thursday charged with murder, possession of a bladed nonfiction and affray.

A proceedings day was fixed for June 30.