# Kayla Smith admits stabbing Chloe Dransfield but denies murder in Leeds trial

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/girl-16-stabbed-five-times-by-love-rival-and-left-to-die-in-pre-planned-fight-over-teenage-boy-murder-trial-hears/
- Published: 2026-11-11T13:15:55+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T13:28:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16284389/Girl-16-stabbed-five-times-love-rival-left-die-pre-planned-fight-teenage-boy-murder-trial-hears.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Chloe Dransfield, 16, died after being stabbed in Leeds.
- Prosecutors say the confrontation was planned over a teenage boy.
- Two other defendants deny murder; Smith admits the stabbing but pleads to manslaughter.

## Summary

Chloe Dransfield, 16, died after being stabbed five times during a confrontation with Kayla Smith, 18, in Leeds. Prosecutors told her murder trial that the fight was planned amid hostility over Blake Dowling, who had been in relationships with both girls; Smith admits stabbing Chloe but has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and denies murder.

The court heard that Smith sent messages threatening to stab Chloe shortly before she arrived at Smith’s home with Dowling. Prosecutors said the attack took place at 5.11am on 28 March, and that a wound to Chloe’s back penetrated her lung; she was pronounced dead at 6.40am. Dowling is accused of helping arrange the meeting, while Archie Rycroft is accused of encouraging the violence by filming it; both deny murder.

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