A TEEN who stabbed a 15-year-old boy to death in school has been unmasked today ahead of his sentencing.
Harvey Willgoose was ambushed in a courtyard by Mohammed Umar Khan while on his lunchbreak at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield.
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Harvey Willgoose was stabbed to death at schoolCredit: PA
Mohammed Umar Khan was named today for the first timeCredit: Ben Lack Photography Ltd
His killer could be seen waving a knife around in the school canteenCredit: South Yorkshire Police
He had earlier shoved Harvey in the school corridorCredit: PA
He was stabbed twice – including once in the heart – by the 15-year-old in front of horrified pupils in an “act of retribution”.
Following the attack, he told headteacher Sean Pender: “I’m not right in the head. My mum doesn’t look after me right.”
The teen also said “you know I can’t control it” when the school’s assistant head, Morgan Davis, took the knife off him.
Khan has now been named ahead of his sentencing for murder after a judge lifted an anonymity order.
Sheffield Crown Court heard Harvey and the defendant had fallen out five days before the attack on February 3.
A teacher had to restrain the killer when he got involved in an altercation between two other boys.
The school was plunged into lockdown after he claimed one of the other students had a knife but no weapon was found.
Harvey stayed off school for the rest of the week, texting his dad: “Am not going in that school while people have knives.”
Then over the weekend, the pair fell out on social media as each boy sided with a different pupil involved in the altercation.
Khan came to school on the day of the fatal stabbing and told a teacher he had nothing on him he shouldn’t when asked.
But just after the start of the lunchbreak, he pulled out the hunting knife and stabbed Harvey twice.
CCTV showed Harvey’s final moments as he arrived at school unaware of the horror waiting inside.
Khan is being sentenced today
One clip showed the teen entering a corridor with the defendant, who then shoved him.
The killer was later captured on CCTV waving the 13cm knife around and dancing with it in front of terrified pupils.
Police later discovered pictures and video on Khan’s phone that showed him posing with knives.
He had also conducted a number of chilling searches for weapons leading up to the killing.
The twisted teen was found with an axe in his bag two months before the brutal killing.
South Yorkshire Police is now carrying out an internal investigation into potential failings by officers after the boy was visited at home by the force on December 27.
His mum had called cops herself after discovering the weapon but the boy claimed he knew nothing about it and the officer took no further action.
Prosecutor Richard Thyne KC said the boy “wanted to show he was hard” and had become “obsessed” with weapons.
He had previously talked about “shanking” someone when he was 13 years old and searched “waiting for someone to swing so I can let out my anger”.
Mr Thyne said the boy’s internet searches showed “not just someone with a growing fascination with weapons, but someone who really wanted to own them”.
He said: “You may think the searches aren’t conducted by someone who has a specific and deep-rooted fear of someone, but by someone who’s become obsessed.”
But Gul Nawaz Hussain KC, defending, said the defendant “snapped” after years of bullying and “an intense period of fear at school”.
He told jurors: “Tragically, Harvey was a combination of being the final straw that broke (the defendant) and the unintended face of a series of threats of violence and bullying he had suffered in recent months.
“We say he suffered a loss of control which resulted in horrific and tragic consequences.”
Harvey’s mum Caroline Willgoose previously said her son was worried about attending school.
She revealed he told her and his dad that he thought some students had knives, and she said this belief was shared by other pupils at the school.
The mum added: “There were so many flags, so many flags.
“That’s the harrowing thing, that’s the worst thing, that it could have been so prevented.”
Following his death, Harvey’s family made contact with the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) about the axe found in the killer’s bag.
The IOPC said it later received a complaint referral “in relation to the actions and decision-making by officers regarding the alleged offender prior to the incident” and a complaint was also made regarding the actions of an officer following the incident.
It said it was decided that an investigation was required and that it should be undertaken by South Yorkshire Police.
A police spokesman said: “Our thoughts remain with Harvey’s family and loved ones, at what continues to be a heartbreaking time for them.
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“South Yorkshire Police is currently investigating two complaints, which the IOPC referred into the force for local investigation.”
Harvey pictured with his mum CarolineCredit: PA
The teen was on his lunchbreak when he was killedCredit: PA
