A 16-YEAR-OLD boy could stand trial in the summer after he was charged in connection with murdering a girl who was stabbed to death in Hexham.
Another 16-year-old boy was also taken to hospital after suffering non-life-threatening injuries.
The defendant, aged 16, cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before Newcastle Crown Court on Wednesday charged with three charges murder, attempted murder and having a knife.
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No pleas were entered during the brief hearing, where the youth was sitting in the dock surrounded by four adults.
The teenager will enter pleas at a hearing on February 27.
A provisional trial date was set for July 13, and lawyers agreed it could last for up to 10 days.
Judge Paul Sloan KC told the defendant he could appear via a videolink for the plea hearing.
There was no application for bail.
A vigil will be held in Hexham on Friday to mark a week since Holly was fatally attacked.
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