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Pupil 'responsible on teacher death' Ann Maguire stabbing: Student 'admits killing teacher'
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A teenager accused of murdering teacher Ann Maguire in her classroom "has accepted responsibility for the unlawful killing", Richard Wright QC, defending, has told Leeds Crown Court. A 16-year-old student "has accepted responsibility for the unlawful killing" of teacher Ann Maguire in her classroom, a court has heard.
No pleas were entered and a trial on the murder charge is scheduled to take place in November. He is accused of murdering the 61-year-old Spanish teacher at Corpus Christi Catholic College, Leeds, on 28 April.
No pleas were entered but Richard Wright QC, defending, said: "He has accepted responsibility for the unlawful killing of the deceased."
A trial on the murder charge was set for 3 November.
The student, who was 15 at the time of the killing, cannot be named for legal reasons. He appeared in court via video-link.
Mrs Maguire, a mother-of two, from Moortown, Leeds, was due to retire in September after working for more than 40 years at the school.