Jealous ex-boyfriend, 17, is jailed for 17 years for murdering 15-year-old Holly Newton after he stalked her after which stabbed her to loss of life in an alleyway after she broke up with him

A jealous ex-boyfriend has been jailed for murdering 15-year-old Holly Newton after he stalked her and stabbed her to death in January 2023.

Logan Macphail, 17, who was unhappy about their break-up, followed her through a Northumberland market town when she finished classes for the day.

He lured her into an alleyway and murdered her as he inflicted 36 separate injuries on the young girl. Macphail was sentenced to a minimum term of 17 years in jail at Newcastle Crown Court today. 

Chilling CCTV footage shows Macphail, who was wearing a hat, arrive in Hexham on the afternoon of the killing and put on a face covering before following Holly and her friends around unseen for 45 minutes. 

One heartbreaking video shows the teen in conversation with the killer at a bus stop, shortly before he lured her to the alleyway, where he repeatedly stabbed her with the knife he had been carrying around. 

Jealous ex-boyfriend Logan Macphail has been jailed for murdering 15-year-old Holly Newton after he stalked her and stabbed her to death in January 2023.

Holly Newton, 15, was stabbed to death in a vicious attack by her ex-boyfriend Logan MacPhail (then 16) after she ended their 18-month relationship