Haverhill: Boy appears in court over teen's stabbing death
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Flowers have been left at the scene of the incident in Haverhill
A teenager has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy.
Harley Barfield suffered stab wounds in a car park in Haverhill, Suffolk, and died two days later in hospital in Cambridge, police said.
The boy accused of attacking him, also 16, appeared at Ipswich Crown Court on Thursday.
He was remanded into secure accommodation until a plea hearing on 10 March.
A provisional trial date was set for 19 June.
The incident happened close to Strasbourg Square in Haverhill
Harley was initially taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, before being transferred to the city's Royal Papworth Hospital, where he died on Wednesday morning.
A young friend, who laid flowers at the scene close to Strasbourg Square in Haverhill, said: "He was just incredible, he was lovely, he was so happy all the time.
"So many people loved him, you couldn't fault him."
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- Published11 January 2023