Harvey Willgoose: A murder victim of Yorkshire’s spiralling knife crime epidemic

by Ruth George | Oct 23, 2025 | Crime

A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 16 years for the murder of fellow Sheffield pupil, Harvey Willgoose, highlighting Yorkshire’s ever-growing problem around knife crime. Mohammed Umar Khan carried a 13cm hunting knife into All Saints...

Sheffield MP Louise Haigh reacts following Harvey Willgoose sentencing

by William Atherton | Oct 22, 2025 | General News, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

The Sheffield Heeley MP has reacted to the 16-year life sentence for killer Mohammed ‘Umar’ Khan. Khan was sentenced to 16 years in prison today (October 22) by Mrs Justice Ellenbogen. Willgoose and Khan had been friends at All Saints Catholic...

Harvey Willgoose: “There’s no winner from this”

by Georgia Cook | Oct 22, 2025 | Behind the Headlines, Behind the Headlines Top Story, General News, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Harvey Willgoose’s killer had history of taking knives into school

by William Atherton | Oct 22, 2025 | General News, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Sheffield Crown Court has just heard that Willgoose’s killer Mohammad Umar Khan had a history of taking knives into school. Earlier, Prosecutor Richard Thyne KC told the court that Khan had a history with weapons. He said: Khan’s main defence was that he...

What we’ve learnt from the Harvey Willgoose sentencing so far

by William Atherton | Oct 22, 2025 | General News, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

The sentencing for the murder of 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose is taking place today, Wednesday 22 October. Here’s everything we know so far. Mohammed Umar Khan, aged 15, has been named by judge Mrs Justice Ellenbogen as the boy who murdered Harvey Willgoose....