Holly Newton

Teen denies murder, claims memory loss of Hexham knife attack

A teenager on trial for the murder of a 15-year-old girl in a knife attack claims he cannot recall stabbing her or the boy who tried to help, a jury learned. Holly Newton sustained 36 knife injuries in the incident in Hexham, Northumberland, in January last year. Despite being rushed to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, she could not…