A 14-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with murder after a teenager was fatally stabbed near a school in Leeds.
Alfie Lewis, 15, was stabbed near St Margaret’s Primary School in Horsforth just before 15:00 GMT on Tuesday.
The former Horsforth School student later died in hospital, police said.
At Leeds Magistrates’ Court, the charged boy was remanded in custody and told to reappear at the city’s crown court on Friday.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, spoke to confirm his name and address.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Alfie’s family said he was “one in a million” and “you will always be with us forever”.
They added: “Nothing will ever be the same without you.
“You will shine in the sky, as bright as you did in all our lives.”
(Floral tributes were left at a bench on Broadgate Lane, Horsforth following Alfie’s death)
A 16-year-old boy who was also arrested on suspicion of murder on Tuesday evening has been released without charge.
Tributes were left at the scene on Wednesday morning and a bench on Broadgate Lane, about half a mile from where Alfie was stabbed, was adorned with flowers and tealights spelling out his name.(BBC)
