Search

07 Sept 2025

Jury considers verdicts in New Year’s Eve murder trial

Jury considers verdicts in New Year’s Eve murder trial

A jury has begin deliberating on verdicts in the trial of a youth accused of killing a 16-year-old boy in London’s Primrose Hill last New Year’s Eve.

The 17-year-old fatally stabbed Harry Pitman in the neck as they waited to watch fireworks over the River Thames from the popular viewing point in north London, the Old Bailey has heard.

The youth, who was 16 at the time and cannot be identified for legal reasons, has denied Harry’s murder and possessing an offensive weapon.

On Friday, Mr Justice Cavanagh summed up the evidence and sent the jury out to consider its verdicts at 3.02pm.

At 4.05pm, the jury was sent home and told to return to the court to resume deliberations at 10.30am on Wednesday.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.