MacPhail inflicted 36 knife wounds, including five 'defensive' injuries. Holly was taken to hospital but couldn't be saved.
The boy who stabbed 15-year-old Holly Newton to death in a frenzied attack in Northumberland has been named as Logan MacPhail. The 17-year-old followed Holly through Hexham town centre before stabbing her 12 times and slashing her 19 times in just over a minute. A boy who was with Holly at the time tried to help her and was also stabbed. MacPhail was found guilty of murder and wounding with intent in August but couldn't be identified because of his age.
When Holly and the 16-year-old she was with went into a pizza shop, MacPhail waited at a bus stop, where he asked to speak to her, then lured her down an alleyway and attacked her. He inflicted 36 knife wounds, including five 'defensive' injuries. Holly was taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary but couldn't be saved.
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