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Aug 2023
Seb Mitchell murder trial: Harrogate boy found guilty
A boy has been found guilty of the murder of Harrogate schoolboy Seb Mitchell.
Seb, 17, was stabbed to death after a row over a broken mirror, a trial at Leeds Crown Court heard.
The jury today returned a majority verdict of 10 to 2 of murder after deliberating for almost 15 hours.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was 16 at the time of committing the crime.
He stabbed Harrogate Grammar School pupil Seb in the chest with a kitchen knife which led to a fatal loss of blood and cardiac arrest.
The teenager pleaded not guilty - he accepted he knifed Seb but said he did not intend to kill him.
The defendant will not be sentenced today. However, the court will reconvene this afternoon in order to decide whether he can be named publicly.
The Recorder of Leeds, Judge Guy Kearl KC, said his age would be taken into consideration, as would the severity of the crime. He told the court:
Seb was taken to Harrogate District Hospital by ambulance, but his condition was so critical he was transferred to Leeds General Infirmary where he underwent emergency surgery and was placed in a medically induced coma.
He died two days after the incident.
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