Girl, 16, ‘knifed to death in planned fight over boy they were both dating’

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Chloe Watson Dransfield, 16, was killed by Kayla Smith, 18, over a boy, a court heard

A teenager was stabbed to death in the street by another girl in a pre-planned fight over a boy, a jury has heard.

Chloe Watson Dransfield, 16, was killed by Kayla Smith, 18, after being taken to the scene by Blake Dowling, 18, with whom both girls had been in a relationship, a court heard.

Jurors were told Smith made threats over the phone to stab Chloe after finding out about her relationship with Dowling on March 27 this year.

The two girls agreed to fight, and Dowling booked a taxi to take Chloe to Smith’s home in the Austhorpe area of Leeds in the early hours of March 28.

Prosecutor Mark McKone said that Smith came out of the summer house in her grandfather’s garden, where she lived, followed by her friend Archie Rycroft, 20.

The court heard Smith approached Chloe with a knife and stabbed her five times in her neck and back.

Dowling and Rycroft – the latter of whom is accused of filming the attack – both deny murder and manslaughter.

Opening the case to jurors at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday, Mr McKone said Dowling had been in a relationship with Smith and Chloe, and “knew of the bad feeling” between them.

The court heard that in the hours leading up to the fight, Dowling was with Chloe at his mother’s house but had been in contact with Smith.

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