A schoolboy has admitted killing a fellow teenager following a dispute over £50.
Before then, he had threatened to ‘chop up’ the deceased.
The attacker, who was 13 at the time, stabbed Kory McCrimmon, 16, in the heart after a confrontation in Glasgow’s east end last May 31.
The pair were associated with rival gangs with threats earlier exchanged on social media.
A judge yesterday (Tuesday) told the young killer who cannot be identified for legal reasons: ‘If there was ever a case which shows the utter folly of running with a gang, it is this one.’
The accused, now 14, appeared in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow.
He had initially faced an allegation of murder.
But, his KC John Scullion offered a guilty plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide while acting under provocation.
This was accepted by prosecutor Greg Farrell.
The killer will remain in Kibble Secure Unit, in Renfrewshire, as he awaits sentencing in May.
Before the attack, the boy had social work involvement as he had not been attending school.
The court heard Kory and his killer were known as ‘rivals’ hailing from different gangs.
It was also told the pair had regularly been in touch with each other on Instagram.
The contact was initially on ‘good terms’ before there was a ‘falling out’ over £50.
The court heard the killer was refusing to pay Kory back.
