A teenage killer who stabbed Alfie Lewis to death with a six-inch blade outside a primary school has been jailed for life with a minimum of 13 years.

Bardia Shojaeifard knifed the 15-year-old ‘in full view’ of pupils outside a primary school in Horsforth, in Leeds, last November.

The culprit, who was 14 at the time, admitted stabbing him with a kitchen knife he had taken from home.

He denied murder, claiming he feared for his life when he pulled out the weapon, but was found guilty by a jury at Leeds Crown Court after a trial.

He can today be identified for the first time after Mr Justice Cotter lifted an anonymity order.

Lifting the restrictions, he said: ‘The question has to be asked, how it can be that it has come to this?

‘If a seemingly normal 14-year-old boy takes a knife and uses it against a boy of the same school year, how bad must things have become?’

Alfie’s heartbroken mum Heather Lane wept as she told the court: ‘Alfie was my youngest son, my baby boy, my little mate and my gossip column.

‘He was the third corner or our little family’s triangle which is now broken. I’ve devastated and I miss him so much. He was my beautiful, kind baby boy and I was so proud of him.’

She said her soccer-mad son carried a football with him wherever he went when he grew up, even to bed.

She added: ‘We laughed, danced and smiled for 15 years and I thought we would for the rest of our lives.

‘Some of the things I miss the most are the simple every day things. I miss his kisses in the morning, goodnight and all of the ones in the middle.

‘I miss his jokes and amazing massive smile and the love he showed me every single day. It’s unbearable not to have that now.

‘Even when he was in a mood with me, he’d text me and say “even though I’m not talking to you, I still love you”.

‘Alfie used to call me every hour when he was out with his friends talking rubbish. I’d do anything for that phone call now.

‘Our house was filled with Alfie and his friends. He goes out in the afternoon and he’s murdered.

‘I can’t accept what happened as the pain is too much. I don’t know how to live without him and I don’t want to. I don’t know why this has happened to us.

‘The impact Alfie had in our lives was larger than I could could ever describe and because of these horrific senseless actions – and his murder – so many lives have been affected.

‘I received a phone call on November 7 that my Alfie had been stabbed. Just minutes before he left the house.

‘The reality was I was never going to hold him, see him or cuddle him again. Never be able to hear him say. ‘I love you mum’ because he was murdered.

‘Alfie would never use or never had any kind of weapon because I brought him up better than that.

‘Alfie was my heart and when he was stabbed in the heart it killed me too. My heart is broken and I don’t know how to live my life without him.’

Addressing the killer, she said: ‘Alfie’s murder has ruined so many lives. No sentence will ever be enough for you because Alfie is never coming back and I will never forgive you.

‘I love you so much Alfie and I’m so sorry that this happened to you.’

Emily Lane told the court she’d took her terminally-ill mother – who has since died – to the hospital for tests before they had a ‘lovely afternoon’ planned as her uncle was flying in from New Zealand.

She told the court: ‘Instead, I had to tell her that her grandson had been killed. Her first words were ‘why can’t I swap places with him’ as she was going to die anyway.’

Alfie’s brother Antony said in a statement: ‘Losing Alfie has changed my life and nothing will ever be the same again. I’m heartbroken and our family is heartbroken.

‘Alfie was such a loving and caring little man and he has been taken away from us. I’ve had sleepless nights hearing mum crying herself to sleep.

‘I’m left dealing with the most important person in mine and Alfie’s lives completely broken to bits.

‘I miss Alfie’s 12 phone calls again, the nights we stayed up playing FIFA together, his smile, his loving and caring, his annoyingness, everything. I love you so much Alfie.’