The teenager is scheduled for the murder of primrose Hill Nye

A teenager has been jailed for at least 16 years for the murder of 16-year-old Harry Pitman, who was stabbed in the neck by News One’s North London.

Areece Lloyd-Hall, now 18, was sentenced at the old Bailey in October following a retrial after jurors in the first trial failed to reach a verdict.

The fatal stoning took place on Primrose Hill on 31 December 2023 after Harry accidentally hit a boy while “fighting a high kick,” the jury previously heard.

Lloyd-Hall, from Westminster, was found guilty by a majority of 11 to one after nearly eight hours of deliberations. He was angry enough to have an offensive weapon.

In a televised sentencing on Monday, Mr Justice Cavanagh said Lloyd-Hall carried a knife to feel “BRAVADO” – and not for protection, as he claimed at his trial.

He said Harry was a normal “brutal and very tall” 16-year-old who was “full of charm”.

The judge said: “You stoned Harry because you lost your temper with him and you acted like a big man in front of your friends.”

In that “Split second”, he must have known Harry could be killed or injured, but Mr Justice Cavanagh said: “At the moment you are not concerned whether he lives or dies.”

The case clearly shows the dangers of young people carrying knives in public and should serve as a warning and aggravation, added the judge.

Harry’s Latry Sister Tayla Lohan told the court the family was struggling to come to terms with the “senseless” murder.

Upon hearing that he was hurt, his parents rushed to the park to be with their son, he said.

Reading the impact of a victim, he said: “As a family we are all guilty in that year, 2023, is the first year that we are not all celebrated.

“Harry went to celebrate with his friends and he didn’t come home.”

Ms Lohan said the sound of fireworks at any time of the year evoked their sadness, and that it was “not really a happy new year for our family”.

He described his brother as bright, full of energy and a natural entrepreneur who studied law in college and wanted to follow his grandfather into the army.

He was also an avid Totstenham Hotspur supporter and boxing fan and was popular with his peers, he said.