The judge sentencing the killer of schoolgirl Ava White said she will not be naming the teenager.
Ava was knifed in the neck in Liverpool city centre and her then 14-year-old killer, aka Boy A, from South Liverpool, was not named for legal reasons during his trial. Representations were made to the court to name the now 15-year-old teen as a matter of public interest.
However, Justice Yip who is today sentencing the teenager at Liverpool Crown Court, said she refuses to lift the reporting restrictions. The court heard how Ava White's mum had also "expressed the hope that the defendant will be named in the interests of the public."
