Boy who stabbed ex-girlfriend to death in Hexham named as Logan MacPhail

The judge lifted reporting restrictions and allowed Logan MacPhail to be named so the nature of his relationship with the victim could be known. Photograph: Northumbria Police/PA

A teenager who stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in the street has been named after a judge lifted reporting restrictions that prevented his identity from being disclosed.

Logan MacPhail, now 17, was convicted of murdering Holly Newton in Hexham, Northumberland. He attacked her because he was jealous that she was with someone else, and could not accept that their relationship was over.