High School Stabbing - “I lost it”

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🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Caroline and Jack hear from the teachers at the school where Harvey Willgoose was killed.

He was described as a cheeky pupil who never crossed the line and in the hours before he died, he joked that nobody would stab him.

The pupil from the same school accused of his murder says he lost control after suffering long-term bullying, violence and poor treatment.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the trial podcast High School Stabbing. I'm Caroline Cheatham.
0:05.0	And I'm Jack Hardy.
0:06.0	In the last episode we brought you the shocking moment that Harvey Wilgoose was stabbed to death in the
0:12.0	schoolyard at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield.
0:16.0	Today we hear that Harvey had joked to his teacher and said, as if anyone's going to stab me.
0:22.7	We also hear that one teacher asked him to join her for lunch shortly before he was stabbed.
0:27.8	She said Harvey joked with her and was cheeky, but he never crossed the line.
0:30.9	We also hear about a spate of disturbances involving the defendant at the school in the days
0:36.2	and the weeks before the attack,
0:37.9	including the moment he admitted to a teacher that he threatened to stab another pupil
0:42.6	who he thought was carrying a knife.
0:45.4	And how his mum found an axe in his gym bag?
0:47.9	We'll be back in a second. It is with great sadness that I share with you today.
1:08.0	A teenager has died following a stabbing at a Sheffield school earlier
1:11.8	today. A young boy has gone to school and hasn't returned home.
1:15.7	15-year-old Harvey Wilgoose. He was attacked at school in Sheffield at lunchtime and he died
1:21.0	a short time later. The death of Harvey Wilgoose in a school in Sheffield earlier this year
1:25.9	shocked the nation. Harvey was 15 when he was stabbed
1:29.9	at All Saints Catholic High School on February 3rd. A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on the suspicion of
1:36.0	murder. Hundreds of mourners attended his funeral at Sheffield Cathedral and the service was
1:41.7	also broadcast on a big screen outside the building.
1:45.7	Some mourners wore t-shirts with pictures of Harvey and anti-knife crime slogans.
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