The 15-year-old died from catastrophic internal bleeding after the bloody assault on the afternoon of November 7 last year, at the junction of Church Lane and Church Road in Horsforth. The 15-year-old accused, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is on trial at Leeds Crown Court. He accepts having the 13-cm-long knife and killing Alfie, but denies murdering him, claiming it was self defence. The horrific incident happened in front of scores of young pupils leaving the nearby primary school...
Alfie Lewis, 15, was stabbed to death “in full view” of pupils leaving a primary school in the Horsforth area of Leeds last November. A 15-year-old boy who has gone on trial over the attack denies murder, claiming he was acting in self-defence. This morning (Tuesday), a Leeds Crown Court jury heard a statement from one of the defendant’s teachers, who said his behaviour was “nothing out of the ordinary” during the last lesson of the day on November 7. “He was both bubbly and chatty. He was just...
A boy of 14 calmly walked out of school and murdered 15-year-old Alfie Lewis (pictured) by plunging a kitchen knife through his heart, a court heard today.
The boy told his murder trial at Leeds Crown Court how he did not even realise at the time that he had injured Alfie Lewis, 15, during the incident in the Horsforth area of Leeds in November last year.