Sentencing to start for jealous teenager who murdered 15-year-old ex-girlfriend

Logan MacPhail, 17, who will be sentenced for murdering his ex-girlfriend Holly Newton, 15, in Hexham, Northumberland (Northumbria Police/PA)

A jealous teenager who murdered his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend after she ended their relationship will be sentenced this week.

Logan MacPhail, now 17, stabbed Holly Newton 36 times in an alleyway after he stalked her through the town centre of Hexham, Northumberland, in January 2023.