Luke Walmsley: Stabbed at school

Luke Walmsley, 14, was stabbed to death at a Lincolnshire school last November.

A 16-year-old student at Birkbeck Secondary School, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has denied murder.

At Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday, another student said the defendant had put a knife to his throat in a row over Manchester United.

The teenager told police he felt something cold on his neck when the other pupil suddenly turned on him as they talked about a football match.

He said that he hated Luke and just that he was going to stab him Defendant's ex-girlfriend

He said the defendant was a Manchester United supporter and he had asked him if he had seen a match the night before.

He said: "He was saying that Man United were going to win the championship, and I said no they were not because they were crap.

"He pulled something out of his pocket and put it to my throat.

"I didn't see what it was. I thought it was a pair of scissors.

"It touched my throat, it was cold so I assumed it was metal.

Police video

"I couldn't tell whether he was laughing about or being serious."

Just over an hour later, Luke was stabbed in the chest outside a science class at the school in North Somercotes.

The court also heard that the defendant had told an ex-girlfriend he hated Luke and threatened to stab him in the weeks leading up to the incident.

The court was shown a video of a police interview in which the girl said: "He said that he hated Luke and just that he was going to stab him.

"I didn't believe him. I just thought he was joking."