A 15-year-old boy has been found guilty of the murder of teenager Alfie Lewis in Leeds last year.

Alfie, 15, was stabbed to death in front of pupils leaving a primary school in the Horsforth area of Leeds last November.

The teenager who was on trial had claimed he was scared he was about to be attacked when he pulled out the knife.

Giving his closing speech in Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday, prosecutor Craig Hassall KC said all the witnesses who saw what happened were “consistent”.

He added: “None of them suggest that Alfie was in any way the aggressor, none of them suggest it was Alfie that attacked [the defendant].

“None of the witnesses heard Alfie shouting at or threatening [the defendant]. Not even [the defendant] says Alfie shouted at or threatened him.”

Mr Hassall said some witnesses “describe Alfie trying in vain to defend himself from [the defendant’s] knife”.

Jurors heard Alfie had been walking down the street to meet friends at the end of the school day when the defendant, who was 14 at the time, attacked him with a 13cm long kitchen knife he had brought from his home.

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