Teenage girl admits murder in row over boy

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Kayla Smith, 18, pleads guilty to the murder of Chloe Watson Dransfield, who she stabbed to death.

Teenage girl admits murder in row over boy

A teen has admitted murdering a 16-year-old miss who she stabbed to decease successful a pre-planned combat implicit a boy.

Chloe Watson Dransfield, 16, was taken by her fellow Blake Dowling, 18, to the location of Kayla Smith, 18, who fatally stabbed her successful the aboriginal hours of 28 March.

Smith had pleaded blameworthy to manslaughter but denied murder. She past changed her plea to blameworthy connected the 2nd time of her proceedings astatine Leeds Crown Court.

Dowling and Archie Rycroft, 20, who followed Smith to the combat astatine the location successful Kennerleigh Avenue successful Leeds, are besides charged with execution and manslaughter and their proceedings volition continue.

The judge, Mr Justice Cavanagh KC, said helium would condemnation Smith erstwhile the proceedings was over.

He warned her that the lone condemnation helium could walk for execution was beingness imprisonment, but that helium would request to acceptable the minimum word she indispensable walk successful custody.

The proceedings heard connected Wednesday that Dowling had been successful a narration with some Chloe and Smith and "knew of the atrocious feeling betwixt the 2 females".

Dowling's parent said Smith was "jealous and obsessed" implicit her son's narration with Chloe.

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