Holly Newton was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend Logan McPhail in January last year after she ended their relationship.
McPhail, who was 16 at the time of the attack and is now 17, was handed a life sentence for murder with a minimum term of 17 years in custody at Newcastle Crown Court on Friday following a six-week trial.
The court heard that their 18-month relationship, which began after the teenagers met at Army Cadets, showed signs of coercive control and domestic abuse which Holly’s mother Micala Trussler said her daughter was “was too young to recognise”.
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