A TEENAGER accused of murdering teacher Ann Maguire, pictured, in her classroom has "accepted responsibility for the unlawful killing", a court has heard.
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared via video-link at Leeds Crown Court accused of stabbing the 61-year-old teacher to death at Corpus Christi Catholic College, in Leeds, in April.
No pleas were entered but Richard Wright QC, defending, said: "He has accepted responsibility for the unlawful killing of the deceased".
A trial on the murder charge is scheduled for November. The teenager appeared on two video screens in the packed courtroom. Members of Mrs Maguire's family watched the proceedings from the public gallery.
The court heard that expert psychiatric reports would now be prepared before the trial.