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Mhari O Neill: Man admits to leaving girl, 15, to die so he could catch last train home
A man has admitted killing a 15-year-old girl by plying her alcohol and leaving her on a hill to die, while he went to get the last train home.
Ewan Fulton, 20, also engaged in sexual activity with Mhari O Neill and bought her cigarettes on the December night in 2018.
Alex Prentice QC, prosecuting, said love bites were found on Mhari s body.
Fulton, who was 18 at the time, admitted culpable homicide at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday.
Teen jailed for killing schoolgirl he abandoned at Edinburgh beauty spot after buying drink
Ewan Fulton had met 15-year-old Mhari O Neill online and told her ur gonna freeze to death OMG before meeting her.
Ewan Fulton (Image: Police Scotland)
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The 15-year-old was found dead at the beauty spot by a dog walker the next morning, with a pathologist finding the likely cause of death to be hypothermia with intoxication playing a role.
Alex Prentice QC, advocate depute, said “love bites” were discovered on the body of the deceased, with Fulton admitting to repeatedly biting her breasts and compressing her neck.
She was found to have “blunt force” injuries which did not contribute to her death and may have been caused by her stumbling.
It was heard Fulton, then aged 18, had left the teenager in a state of partial undress and unable to seek help as he wanted to get to Waverley train station before the last service home.
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