Youth accused of murdering 15-year-old claims he cannot remember stabbing her
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Youth accused of murdering 15-year-old claims he cannot remember stabbing her

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The youth was permitted to give evidence by video-link to his trial at Newcastle Crown Court, telling jurors he could recall getting off a bus on the day Holly Newton suffered 36 knife injuries. The defendant's evidence to Newcastle Crown Court The defendant replied: “It wasn’t for going there to hurt her or kill her, it wasn’t for that.” Asked what he had wanted to happen that day, he added: “To try and take my own life.” The prosecution allege that the boy followed Holly, who he knew, for 45 minutes around the town centre before he stabbed her. During more than a minute, the defendant inflicted 36 knife wounds on Holly, stabbing her 12 times, slashing her 19 times and causing five “defensive” injuries, jurors have heard.

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