05/11/2003

Murdered pupil had been stabbed in the heart

The teenager who died after being involved in a fight at a Lincolnshire school had been stabbed in the heart, it has been revealed today.

The post mortem examination carried out last night established that Luke died from a single stab wound to the heart. Police are now treating the incident as murder.

Fourteen-year-old Luke Walmsley, a pupil at Birkbeck School in North Somercotes, was involved in an altercation at around 10am yesterday in one of the corridor's of the school when he was stabbed.

Teachers gave him first aid and the efforts to save his life were taken over by paramedics. The air ambulance took him to hospital at Grimsby where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.

The police have said that a knife has been recovered and is being examined.

A 15-year-old boy who was arrested at the school yesterday continues to be detained at Skegness Police Station.

(gmcg)

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