A teenage girl has pleaded guilty to murder for fatally stabbing another teenager in the street during a pre-planned fight over a boy.
Kayla Smith, 18, admitted the murder of Chloe Watson Dransfield, 16, on the second day of her trial at Leeds Crown Court on Thursday. Smith had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder.
Chloe was taken by her boyfriend, Blake Dowling, 18, to Smith's home in the early hours of March 28, where Smith fatally stabbed her in the street.
Background to the Fight
The court heard that Dowling had been in "on-off" relationships with both girls, and they would regularly argue over him. Dowling's mother said Smith was "jealous and obsessed" over her son's relationship with Chloe.
Two co-defendants, Dowling and Archie Rycroft, 20, who followed Smith to the fight and is accused of recording it on a phone, both deny murder and manslaughter. The trial will continue for them.
Sentencing to Follow
The judge, Mr Justice Cavanagh KC, said he would sentence Smith once the trial was over. He warned her that the only sentence he could pass for murder was life imprisonment, but that he would need to set the minimum term she must spend in custody. The trial continues.
