Chilling footage shows killer stalking victim for 45 minutes before she reluctantly agreed to speak to him
THIS is the haunting moment a twisted teen killer lured his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend into an alleyway before stabbing her 36 times.
Logan MacPhail, then aged 16, was captured in chilling CCTV stalking Holly Newton for 45 minutes after she broke up with him.
Logan MacPhail lured Holly Newton into an alleyway
She had reluctantly agreed to talk to him before she was murdered
Holly was then stabbed to death by her obsessed ex-boyfriend
The killer was named and pictured after a judge lifted an order
He was seen chatting with the schoolgirl in a bus stop after she reluctantly agreed to hear him out.
Footage released by police today shows Holly looking hesitant as MacPhail wanders into an alley.
She then pauses for a moment before following the teen in – unaware he was hiding a knife.
Just seconds later, MacPhail, now aged 17, stabbed her “many, many times”.
The killer has now been jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years and 89 days after he was previously convicted of the “vicious and brutal” murder.
Sentencing, Mr Justice Hilliard said MacPhail was “filled with resentment and jealousy” and lured Holly to the alley to “attack her out of sight”.
He last month ruled the teen could be named despite his age – meaning details of his and Holly’s “toxic” relationship could be revealed for the first time.
The pair met three years before the brutal killing when they both attended Army Cadets in Consett, County Durham.
They embarked on a relationship but would regularly argue and broke up on a number of occasions.
MacPhail was a troubled teen who suffered with educational needs and autism that required him to attend a specialist school.
On January 21 last year – six days before the murder – Holly ended things for the final time.
Prosecutor David Brooke KC told Newcastle Crown Court: “Logan MacPhail was struggling to come to terms with the break-up.
“It is clear he was very unhappy about it.”
Consumed by his obsession with Holly, the teen tried to “trick” her into meeting him and pestered her friends.
The court was told Holly’s mum Micala Trussler had become so concerned that she alerted her daughter’s school.
The night before the horror, he travelled 40 miles from his home in Gateshead to hers in Haltwhistle, Northumberland, where he hung around for hours.
After MacPhail knocked on the door claiming he wanted his Playstation back, Holly’s mum arranged a meeting with police.
But Holly “begged” her mum to let her go into town after school rather than come home for the planned 4pm chat.
It was rescheduled for later that evening but tragically Holly was murdered before she could make it home.
MacPhail was seen staring at Holly as she entered a pizza restaurant
He made a vile admission to police when he was arrested
On January 27, the teen messaged a friend, saying: “Apparently (MacPhail) is gonna meet to me outside of school.
“So he’s basically stalking me at this point. He’s gonna follow me until I talk to him”.
CCTV captured MacPhail on a bus with his face exposed before later putting on a snood to avoid detection.
He was then filmed following Holly for 45 minutes – making sure he was “careful not to be seen”.
As Holly and her friends walked past a cafe, hooded MacPhail was in hot pursuit.
He was also captured ducking and diving in a Tesco car park as he continued his stalking campaign.
MacPhail then stared at his ex while waiting outside a pizza restaurant that she had entered with a friend.
Moments later, he approached Holly at a bus stop who was unaware MacPhail had brought a kitchen knife from home with him.
Staff at the pizza restaurant heard Holly screaming and rushed out to find him attacking her.
They managed to “forcibly” remove MacPhail, who claimed the schoolgirl had been “horrible” or “awful” to him.
He then added: “Oh what have I done?”
Holly was taken to hospital after suffering 36 injuries – including 12 stab wounds and 19 slash injuries – in less than a minute.
MacPhail stabbed the teen so savagely he broke the knife, with Holly also suffering injuries as she desperately tried to defend herself.
Tragically she couldn’t be saved and was declared dead shortly after the horror.
In chilling bodycam footage, MacPhail told police as he was arrested: “She was being too horrible to me.
“I was meant to kill myself but it went too far.”
MacPhail previously admitted manslaughter but denied murder on the basis his mind “went blank” during the attack.
He also pleaded not guilty to wounding with intent and an alternative charge of wounding after one of Holly’s male friends was injured while trying to help her.
During his evidence, MacPhail claimed was not an entirely bad person as he “helps baby birds and stuff”.
But jurors saw through his lies and he was convicted of murder and wounding with intent.
Following the verdict, Micala described how her “beautiful child” loved sport, animals and dancing.
She added: “As my first born she was a clingy child and never left my side, we did everything together.
“She grew into a funny and happy teenager who would do anything for anyone.
“Holly was passionate about her family; she hated upsetting people and would do anything to make people smile.
“She loved animals, her cat Maxi every morning would go to her bedroom door and meow until Holly got up to let him onto her bed, to this day Maxi still does this however Holly isn’t there to open the door.”
Holly had messaged a friend about being stalked
MacPhail brought the knife with him from home