00:00I have sought to balance all the factors of the case, those that make it more serious
00:05and those that mitigate the sentence I must pass. However, because it is such a serious case,
00:12personal circumstances cannot carry great weight, although they have more significance
00:18than they might have for an older person. But the stark facts are that you made the decision
00:26to stab a 15-year-old girl to death with a knife which you were carrying unlawfully in a public
00:32place, having followed her in secret around town for an hour. All because your relationship with
00:39her had ended and you were jealous at the thought that she might see someone else.
00:45What happened in this case should not happen to any child or parent, and no child or parent
00:52should be in fear that it might happen. Logan Macphail, for the murder of Holly Newton
00:59on 27 January 2023, the sentence is that you are to be detained at His Majesty's pleasure.
01:08That could not be for a period less than 17 years in total. Because you have already spent 641 days
01:16in custody, I have to deduct those days. And so the minimum term I now specify
01:24is one of 15 years and 89 days to run from today.
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