Holly Newton was due to meet police to discuss being stalked - but 'begged' to go into town instead on the day of her murder, her heartbroken mother reveals By Emily Jane Davies Published: 18:27, 29 August 2024 | Updated: 02:25, 30 August 2024 e-mail View comments Schoolgirl Holly Newton was due to meet police to discuss being stalked by her killer on the day she died - but had 'begged' her mother to let her go into town instead. A 17-year-old boy who was found guilty of murder today had stalked Holly before stabbing her to death in an alleyway in an attack so fierce it snapped the knife. Keen dancer Holly, who was just 15, was on her way home from school and was doing some shopping with her friends in Hexham, Northumberland in January 2023.
The night before she was killed, her mother was so worried that she contacted the police about the boy at 9:40pm, as he had turned up uninvited at their home in Haltwhistle. Officers arranged to go and meet the mother and daughter at 4pm the next day, but the appointment was pushed back to 8pm as Holly 'pleaded with her mother to let her go out with friends' after school. The circumstances were so severe that it was agreed Holly shouldn't leave school if the teenager was outside.
She was 'extremely nervous' about him turning up, but when there was no sign of him she went shopping with her friends - unaware of the boy tailing her. But she was being followed by the obsessed teenager - who was 16 at the time - for around 45 minutes as he tai.