Evil teen killer made a chilling threat, but tragically his victim's mother 'didn’t know he meant it'

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Obsessed teenager Logan MacPhail once told his 15-year-old ex girlfriend Holly Newton: "If I can't have you, nobody can." Today Holly's heartbroken mum Micala Trussler said: “What we didn’t know is he meant it.” In January 2023, days after his relationship with Holly ended, MacPhail, then 16, stalked her around Hexham, Northumberland, and knifed her to death in an alleyway.

MacPhail, now 17, was detained for life, with a minimum term of 17 years , for Holly’s murder following a hearing at Newcastle Crown Court on Friday. READ NEXT: 'Jealous' teenager jailed for life for stabbing ex-girlfriend, 15, to death Chillingly, MacPhail had visited Holly's family home in Haltwhistle, Northumberland, late in the evening before he killed her and tried to get into the house, but was refused access by one of her siblings.

Her mother Micala, in a pooled BBC interview filmed ahead of MacPhail’s sentencing, said: “I think if he somehow managed to get into the house, we could have been looking at more than one murder.” MacPhail and Holly met at Army Cadets and their 18-month relationship developed over time, despite them living 40 miles apart.

Holly, who was sporty, adventurous and loved dancing, seemed happy in the relationship, her mother said, and so she had no concerns about the pair to start with.