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A-level student on murder charge | A-level student on murder charge |
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An 18-year-old A-level student has been remanded in custody, charged with murdering her 22-year-old boyfriend. | |
Katherine McGrath appeared before Bridgend Magistrates' Court on Tuesday and will next appear at Cardiff Crown Court on 1 September. | |
She is charged with killing Alyn Thomas, from Cymmer, Neath Port Talbot. | |
Ms McGrath had received her A-level results hours before police were called to a cul-de-sac in Brackla, Bridgend, on Friday. | |
Mr Thomas, her boyfriend for a year, was on a gap year from college, working part-time in a Tesco store. | |
Ms McGrath, a pupil at Brynteg Comprehensive School in Bridgend, had picked up her results in three A-level subjects on Thursday morning, before celebrating with friends in the town. | |
Mr Thomas was found with knife wounds at the McGrath detached family home in Fenwick Drive on Friday. | |
Fenwick Drive was cordoned off for a forensic examinations on Friday and Saturday. | |
An incident room has been set up at Bridgend Police Station. | An incident room has been set up at Bridgend Police Station. |