The boyfriend of teen Holly Newton, who was stabbed to death by her jealous ex, pronounced for the first time and revealed that he “blames himself.”
Alan Lawson, now 18, tried to save Holly desperately and place Killer Logan Machaill in a headlock, which was stabbed four times in January 2023.
He was on a date with Holly, 15, in Hexham, Northumberland, when MacPhail – then 16 – launched his deadly rampage and raged 36 knife wounds on his ex, including 12 stabbing wounds.
Alan, who was exchanged at the same school as Holly and reports with her on Instagram, met the teenager before their first official date on the day she died.
The couple walked into the city from school and stopped at a pizza balast when Machail Holly approached and lured her before she attacked her.
Alan, who struggled with MacPhail before he got help, said to the sun: “I was devastated. I didn't think about myself, I thought of Holly and her family.
“I have no thoughts for him. I am disgusting. I never thought anyone could do that to another person. I blame myself a bit. I am sorry I could not have done anymore.
“What else could I have done? Rent through my thoughts. '
Holly Newton, 15, was stabbed to death in a vicious attack by her ex-boyfriend Logan MacPhail (then 16) after she ended their 18-month relationship
Jealous ex-boyfriend Logan MacPhail, now 17, has been imprisoned for killing 15-year-old Holly Newton after he stalked her and put her dead in January 2023 and put her death
Holly had to do with the consequences of the end of her 18 -month relationship with MacPhail, who had stalked her after she had broken down things.
He was hanging around late in the evening in the evening and her family was concerned about her safety.
Without the knowledge of Holly, Machaill had taken a knife out of his kitchen and brought around for days before he had the opportunity to attack her.
Descriptively the moment MacPhail attacked her, Alan said he heard a deafening scream before he ran out of the pizza store and saw the murderer 'on top' Holly '.
“It seemed that he hit her,” he said and added, “I didn't see any knife or any blood because it was so dark.
'I reacted because of the way I was raised – never let a man touch a woman. I was able to get him away from her and was stabbed as I did. I didn't realize it then, it just felt like a shot in the neck. '
Both teenagers were taken to the hospital, but shortly after arrival, Alan was informed that Holly had died.
Alan spent five days in the hospital and needed two operations to repair tendons after they were stabbed in the thigh, neck and shoulder.
Machaill approached Holly while she waited a pizza store before she attracted her to a nearby alley
CCTV statues of horrifying way shows that Machaill, who wore a hat, arrives in Hexham in the afternoon of the murder and putting on a face covering before he follows Holly and her friends
MacPhail followed them for 45 minutes unnoticed while wearing a knife, before confronting Holly at a bus stop
Holly sustained 36 injuries due to the attack with a kitchen knife that Machail had taken
He said he remains traumatized by the attack, struggles to sleep and has nightmares.
Holly was called MacPhail six days before the attack, and the night before her death he had spent hours outside her parental home, repeatedly demanded that he kept in.
Her mother Micala Trussler had been so concerned about his behavior that she arranged a meeting with police officers later that day – but Holly was killed before she could be present.
CCTV statues of horrifying way shows that Machaill arrives in Hexham on the afternoon of the murder after having traveled from home for 40 miles. Then he followed Holly and her friends for 45 minutes unseen.
During the process of MacPhail, the Holly Alan family thanked for the intermediate and the judge praised his 'remarkable courage'.
The murderer was convicted and ordered to spend life behind bars with a minimum term of 17 years. He was sentenced to five years simultaneously for the injury of Alan with intention.
MacPhail told the police that it was Holly's idea to talk in the alley and that she had been 'terrible'
The murderer can be seen in Hexham coming after he got off the bus, after he has traveled 40 miles
Justice Hilliard said that the murder was' mean and brutal 'and said to MacPhail:' You attracted Holly to the alley to attack her out of sight.
“Moreover, Holly was a child.
'Although you were not an adult, she was not a match for you armed with a knife.
“She must have realized before she died, I fear that she fought for her life.
'You have made the decision to put a 15-year-old girl to death with a knife that you wore, illegally in a public pace, followed her secretly in secret for an hour, all because your relationship with her ended and you were jealous of the thought that she would see someone else.
“What happened in this case should not have happened to a child or older and should not be any child or older in fear that it could happen.”
