A teenager who stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in an alleyway has been jailed for life. Logan MacPhail, then aged 16, stalked 15 -year-old Holly Newton for an hour through Hexham, Northumberland, before knifing her 36 times.
He also stabbed a teenage boy who tried to stop the attack. MacPhail was convicted of murder following a trial at Newcastle Crown Court and was sentenced at the same court on Friday.
He was detained for life with a minimum term of 17 years. READ NEXT: Man who plotted to source AK-47 and shoot his enemies arrested in Spain The prosecution said MacPhail, who was said to have autism and learning difficulties, did not accept that his 18-month relationship with Holly was over.
CCTV showed him wearing a snood and a baseball cap and ducking out of sight as he followed Holly and her friends around Hexham town centre in January 2023.
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