BREAKING: Leeds teenager admits to killing Sophie Smith

A TEENAGER has admitted murdering his 17-year-old partner in Leeds.

Morgan Banks, aged 18, of Whitfield Square, Hunslet, admitted murdering Sophie Smith when he appeared at Leeds Crown Court this morning.

Sophie Smith. Picture: Guzelian.placeholder image
Sophie Smith. Picture: Guzelian.

Ms Smith was found injured in a flat in a house at Tempest Road, Beeston, in the early hours of Friday October 14 2016.

Miss Smith was the mother of a five-week-old baby boy.

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