Boy, 16, is charged with homicide of 16-year-old Harry Pitman who was knifed to dying at Primrose Hill fireworks on New 12 months’s Eve

A teenage boy has been charged with the homicide of 16-year-old Harry Pitman, who was knifed on the Primrose Hill fireworks on New 12 months’s Eve.

Harry was attacked at 11.40pm and died shortly earlier than midnight after emergency providers rushed to the scene.

{The teenager}, who can also be 16, has additionally been charged with possessing an offensive weapon and can seem earlier than Highbury Magistrates’ Court docket in north London this morning.

Two youngsters who had been arrested on suspicion of his homicide stay in custody at present in a west London police station. 

Lisa Ramsarran, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for the CPS London Murder Staff, stated: ‘The CPS has authorised the Metropolitan Police to cost a 16-year-old boy with homicide following the dying of Harry Pitman.

‘The 16-year-old, who can’t be named due to his age, can also be charged with possessing an offensive weapon.

‘Harry Pitman died after he was stabbed on Primrose Hill on New 12 months’s Eve.

‘The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all involved that felony proceedings are lively and that the defendant has the appropriate to a good trial.

‘This can be very vital there must be no reporting, commentary or sharing of knowledge on-line which might in any approach prejudice these proceedings.’

A 17-year-old teenager has been bailed pending additional investigation.

Three different boys who had been initially arrested will face no additional motion. 

Detective Chief Inspector Geoff Grogan has beforehand stated he doesn’t imagine there was a ‘racial or gang aspect’ to the tragedy.

He added at present: ‘It is a fast-paced investigation, and my staff is working across the clock to establish these accountable. That is clearly a big growth, and we’re retaining Harry’s household knowledgeable.’ 

On Tuesday, Harry’s mom joined 100 mourners at a night vigil for her murdered son. 

Final night time Tottenham Hotspur followers payed tribute to him with a thousands-strong spherical of applause within the sixteenth minute staff as they performed Burnley within the FA Cup.

Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley followers had been urged to unite in a present of solidarity in opposition to knife crime in tonight’s FA Cup third spherical match at Spurs’ house floor.

Proper-back Pedro Porro, who scored the only aim within the match that propelled the London aspect into the following spherical, devoted the victory to the teen, writing on-line: ‘Dedicating this win and my aim to you, Harry.’

Flanked by screens exhibiting a photograph of {the teenager} and the message ‘Relaxation in peace, Harry…#endknifecrime’ the 62,850 capability stadium rang out with the applause of hundreds.

Talking earlier than the match happened head coach Ange Postecoglou, a father of three boys, stated: ‘You do not even need to be fascinated with the circumstances of the household and once more the place we’re as a society … the truth that these items nonetheless occur like this and younger lives are misplaced for completely no motive. 

‘I could not even ponder the grief and the ache of what the household are going by way of.

‘I’ve all the time felt that soccer golf equipment are extra than simply the embodiment of what we do. In sport they’re an prolonged neighborhood and an prolonged household for individuals.

‘If it even provides them the smallest crumb of consolation, then it is the least we will do and our followers can do.

‘It is simply tragic and inconceivable that folks and households nonetheless need to undergo this grief.’ 

Amanda Woolveridge was supported by eldest daughter Tayla, 19, and 18-year-old son Patrick in addition to her brother Terry Woolveridge, Harry’s uncle.

The household congregated at Downhills Park, 200 yards from their house in Tottenham.

On New 12 months’s Day, Tayla and Patrick paid tribute to their ‘mischievous and cheeky’ brother who ‘all the time stood up for what was proper’.

Preventing again tears, Tayla stated from their terrace home in Tottenham, north London: ‘It would not appear actual, I carry on anticipating him to return by way of the entrance door. His dinner remains to be within the oven, mum cannot convey herself to take away it.

‘He was the center baby of 5. He has a youthful 4 12 months outdated brother and a 5 12 months outdated sister. We’ve not instructed them what’s occurred but, we do not know how you can. Harry was my child brother, he was most good-looking boy you can ever meet.

‘I bear in mind holding him in my arms for the primary time after I was barely three years outdated. Now he will not ever get to develop up.’

The dying, which reportedly happened simply minutes earlier than midnight, made Harry at the least the seventeenth teenager brutally killed within the capital in 2023 – most of these cruelly taken away from their family members within the final 12 months had additionally been stabbed.

Tayla was known as ‘Errol’ by family members after a personality on a kids’s tv present he appreciated.

‘He would by no means reply to Harry at house – simply ”Errol” – it was mine, Harry and mum’s little joke,’ his sister added earlier than calling for his killer to be dropped at justice.

‘I hope whoever has executed this is aware of they have not simply taken a life, they’ve destroyed an entire household and neighborhood,’ Tayla stated.

‘I hope that thought eats away at them for the remainder of their life.’

Standing exterior her household’s terraced house on a wise road, Tayla continued: ‘Harry might be mischievous and cheeky and he might actually wind me up at instances.

‘However he did not have a foul bone in his physique. He all the time stood up for what is true.

‘Though he did not have a girlfriend, he was a women man, all the time chatting up ladies.

‘I used to be feeling down about spending New Years Eve alone and I occurred to have a look at my cellphone at 11.40pm. I do not know what made me have a look at my cellphone however an hour later, my brother Patrick known as and instructed me Harry had gone.

‘I am devastated, he was my child brother. He did not even get to see the fireworks, which is why he went to Primrose Hill within the first place.’

Harry attended Wilbury Main College in Edmonton and St Thomas Extra secondary college in Wooden Inexperienced. He was additionally a Catholic and had his affirmation at St John Vianney in Harringay church final Easter.

Extra lately, he harboured desires of becoming a member of the military and becoming a member of the SAS.

Tayla added: ‘Our nice grandfather, George Davis, was a sergeant main within the second world conflict. Harry needed to observe in his footsteps and be part of the Military. He needed to be on the frontline.’

Harry’s older brother Patrick, 18, stated his youthful sibling was an enormous Spurs fan and had gone to Primrose Hill with seven of his associates, together with his finest good friend.

He stated: ‘I knew Harry higher than anybody. We shared a bed room for one of the best a part of 16-years. I moved out of house final 12 months and Harry got here to stick with me for some time. In truth he stayed with me two nights in the past.

‘We performed video video games and talked about getting older. He will not get older now, somebody has taken his life away.

‘My most cherished reminiscence is each of us working into the pitch after a celeb charity soccer match on the London Stadium a number of years in the past.

‘He was soccer loopy, he was born and bred in Tottenham so was a large Spurs fan.

‘He went to Wembley to see Spurs however by no means obtained the possibility to go to the brand new floor. We’re all distraught, it simply would not appear actual.’