on friday, 27th january last year, holly finished school and went into hexham with herfriends.ally, he spoke to her in a bus stop. less than 15 minutes later, he persuaded her into the alleyway next to it, where he carried out such a frenzied attack that the knife broke during it. in just one minute, she suffered 36 stab and slash wounds, including to her head and neck. another boy attempted to stop him, but he too was stabbed. the attack only stopped when passers by intervened. emergency services arrived quickly and holly was taken to hospital, but she died shortly after. throughout the trial, macphail had claimed he'd been carrying the knife for more than a week because he planned to hurt himself, not her, and that he'd gone blank during the stabbing. he was arrested at the scene. holly's family say she was the victim of domestic abuse, but because in the eyes of the law she was a child, it can't be classed as that. they want to see a change in the law. one thing i would like to see is the domestic violence age reduced where it can be classed as a crime, especially with child