The teenager who stabbed Harvey Willgoose to death during their school lunch break was spoken to by police just weeks before the murder – for having an axe in his bag.

Mohammed Umar Khan, 15, attacked Harvey, also 15, with a 13cm serrated-edged hunting knife he had taken with him to All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield in February.

The city’s crown court heard Khan has a ‘history of carrying weapons, including on school grounds’ and was spoken to by an officer in December 2024.

A police officer visited Khan’s home after his own mum reported him saying she had found an axe in his school bag.

But while the weapon was confiscated, Khan was only given ‘safety advice’ and no further action was taken.

Explaining the decision, Detective Chief Inspector Andy Knowles said: ‘There wasn’

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