Mohammed Umar Khan has been sentenced to detention for life with a minimum term of 16 years for murdering 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose in a knife attack at their Sheffield school. …
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Harvey Willgoose’s Killer Named as Mohammed Umar Khan, 15, Who Stabbed Classmate in Heart With Hunting Knife
by Darren SmithA 15-year-old boy who murdered teenager Harvey Willgoose at their Sheffield school has been named as Mohammed Umar Khan after a judge lifted the anonymity order protecting his identity. Khan, …
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Bradford College Knife Attack: Man in 30s Arrested After Gardening Tool Assault Injures Four Including Emergency Workers
by Darren SmithA man in his thirties has been arrested on suspicion of multiple assaults, including a racially-aggravated public order offence, following a knife attack outside Bradford College that left two members …
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Two Teenagers Jailed for Machete Murder of 15-Year-Old Daejaun Campbell in South-East London
by Tara WhitmanTwo teenagers have been jailed for stabbing a 15-year-old boy to death with a machete in south-east London. Imre Doue was found guilty in July of murder, and Marko Balaz …
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Car Ploughs Into Knife-Wielding Gang in Shocking Daylight Brawl Outside London Central Mosque as Capital’s Knife Crime Crisis Deepens
by Tara WhitmanMan arrested after vehicle strikes hooded fighters brandishing blades in Regent’s Park street battle that left one stabbed A car deliberately ploughed into a group of hooded men wielding knives …
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Gang Thug Romario Gordon Who Fled to Gambia Convicted of Stabbing Camron Smith, 16, to Death in Front of His Mother
by Tara WhitmanA 22-year-old gang member who fled to The Gambia to avoid justice has been convicted of stabbing teenager Camron Smith to death in front of his mother during a horrific …
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Four Men Injured in Leicester Square Knife Attack as Brave Bystanders Pin Suspect to Ground
by Darren SmithFour men were injured in a knife attack in Leicester Square in the early hours of Sunday morning, with dramatic footage showing brave members of the public restraining the alleged …
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Ilford Station Stabbing: Teenager Hospitalised as Gang Attack Leaves No Arrests in Knife Crime Hotspot
by James CarterAn 18-year-old man was rushed to a major trauma centre after being stabbed during a vicious gang attack outside Ilford Elizabeth line station in east London on Tuesday night, with …
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Heartbroken Family Pay Tribute to ‘Class Clown’ Teen Fatally Stabbed in Manchester
by Darren SmithA devastated family have paid an emotional tribute to their 15-year-old son who was stabbed to death in Manchester, vowing he will not become “yet another statistic in the rise …
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Killer Yells ‘I’m Still Breathing’ as Three Jailed for Life for Murdering Teenager in Solihull Vape Shop
by James CarterA killer yelled “I’m still breathing” at his victim’s grieving family as he was jailed for life for murdering a teenager in a frenzied knife attack inside a vape shop. …