The 14-year-old boy who murdered Ava White at a Christmas lights switch-on lied to the police because thought he would “get away with it”, a court heard.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told a police officer to “shut up you n***e” as he was questioned. He claimed he had accidentally stabbed the 12-year-old girl in self-defence after they rowed over a Snapchat video on 25 November 2021. He denied being in the city centre on the night of the killing and told police another boy was responsible,
