Teenager guilty of school murder
A schoolboy was convicted today of murdering fellow pupil Luke Walmsley outside a school classroom.
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, knifed Luke, 14, through the heart outside a science class at Birkbeck Secondary School in North Somercotes, Lincolnshire.
The jury of six men and six women at Nottingham Crown Court convicted him by a majority of 11 to one after over four hours of deliberations.
The two-week trial heard that Luke was knifed once through the heart as he chatted about football after a lesson.
The teenager disliked Luke and attacked him after arming himself with the flick knife on November 4 last year.
Trial judge Mr Justice Goldring said he would sentence the boy tomorrow.
The judge said he would also decide tomorrow whether to lift the legal restrictions which ban the media from naming Luke's killer.
