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Steven Morris

Man, 24, admits murder of Plymouth teenager Bobbi-Anne McLeod

Cody James Ackland leaves Plymouth magistrates court where he faced charges in relation to the murder of Bobbi-Anne McLeod, in November 2021.
Cody James Ackland leaves Plymouth magistrates court where he faced charges in relation to the murder of Bobbi-Anne McLeod, in November 2021. Photograph: SWNS

A 24-year-old rock musician has admitted murdering 18-year-old Bobbi-Anne McLeod, who disappeared from a bus stop in Devon in November last year.

Cody Ackland grabbed McLeod, who was less than 5ft tall and looked younger than her age, off the street near her home in Plymouth, drove her away and carried out a prolonged attack on her with a blunt instrument before hiding her body in woods on a lane down to a beach.

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