A teenager who murdered a 16-year-old boy at a New Year’s Eve event in north London has been sentenced to at least 16 years.

Areece Lloyd-Hall, 18, was found guilty last month of the murder of Harry Pitman.

Harry was fatally stabbed in Primrose Hill just before midnight onDecember 31, 2023, after meeting up with his friends to watch fireworks.

He bumped into Lloyd-Hall, who had also gone to the park to see the display over the River Thames, while play-fighting. The college student pushed forward and lunged at Harry with a pointed dagger, only metres away from where police officers had been stationed at around 11.30pm.

Mobile phone footage captured the moment Lloyd-Hall pulled a knife from his waistband and swung the knife down on to Pitman’s neck.

In police body-worn camera footage, H

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