Hundreds gathered in Sheffield for a march honoring Harvey Willgoose, a 15-year-old boy killed in a stabbing at All Saints Catholic School. The march aimed to both remember Harvey and promote an anti-knife crime message. Football fans also paid tribute during matches.
A 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at his school in Sheffield was remembered in a march led by his family through the city. Hundreds of people joined Harvey Willgoose's parents, Caroline and Mark, as they marched from Sheffield town hall towards Sheffield United's stadium in Bramall Lane on Saturday. The march was held both to honour Harvey's memory and to spread an anti-knife crime message.
Participants held banners which read “Lives not knives”, and were asked to wear red and white, the colours of Sheffield United, Harvey's favourite football club. Marchers chanted “Goose Army” and “There’s only one Harvey Willgoose” in memory of the popular teenager. The march was supported by Sheffield anti-knife crime charity Always An Alternative. Anthony Olaseinde, founder of the charity, was at the protest to “show support for the friends and family of Harvey”. He called for action on knife crime in the UK, saying: “For those people that have got the power, it’s been going on for far too long and we’ve not seen enough action. We have had enough of your words, we want to see change.” During the Championship match against Portsmouth, fans at Sheffield United's stadium clapped in the fifteenth minute to commemorate Harvey, while his picture was shown on screens throughout the stadium. Similar tributes were paid by football fans at West Bromwich’s stadium in Birmingham when the Albion faced Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. Earlier, churches in Sheffield held services to remember Harvey. A mass was held at St Joseph’s church in Handsworth, Sheffield. Monsignor Desmond Sexton, the vicar general of the Hallam diocese, said the mass for Harvey focused on being with the family. He told Sky News: “(It was about) supporting them always and to remember that this is a young life, a beautiful life, that has now come to a tragic end. “Yet at the same time, never to be forgotten, never to be thought of in the past, but always with us in the present and the future in our hearts and in our minds.” A boy, also 15, accused of murdering Harvey, has been remanded into youth detention accommodation. The defendant, who cannot be named because of his age, appeared at Sheffield Crown Court on Thursday charged with murder, possession of a bladed article and affray. A trial date was fixed for June 30
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